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!l - n. W. DAVIS.
HOLLOWir
VOLUME IX.
H I S 0 E L L AJ
II
DT IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF
ONEIDA
the settlement 01 uean a
. mil -. .1... n ,1 wnr d look a moil
- b IBM SIR 11IU v-w -
ripany centuries, has ocen
I l. Lj thing that lends to preserve from ob
ll!Siy traits of the savage character, a. ex
4 S - the noble Oneidas, the., the lords of this
11 Mr?" , : .r f Mad son. or the "hair
read
rising
preserve
which those
IZes were replete. "Truth is strange, strati
Zn fiction." The facts set forth in the foil
incident can be Touched for, by a few liv
ger
Mow
ing
jg vicinity.
ie Hup '
r of ,.
a.. " Ukav was Uie moncrr wimo
.i V. .
IUO VW
.umr jountv: ne was
S m
the first Yan-
o German Flatts,onthe Mohawk.
Sf nine years old he was sent by
... -i .i
L.tii.i da with the unciaa inuians, umo
fcrisf on the" banks of the Susquehannoh. He
0M learned their language, and becamo a favor
Mith the Indians. He was adopted as a son,
u, aquaw in the place of oue sho had lost in
bulla, and to this woman he ever afterwards
pre the endearing appellation of mother. Af
ttra fu years residence, his father took him
lone and finished his education at Dartmouth
CMIege. .
About this time the Oneidas broke up their set
dement on tho Husquchannab, and joined the
0Min IHHiy 01 uieir mui'i i uirciu. v.i . .
nr of the Revolution now broke out, carrying
with it many of the horrors ot a civil war.addea
i. k. rruoltv of iha tomahawk and fcalpitirr knife
t f the savage, so freely used by the British on our
i defenceless frontier. Judge Dean was stationed,
I during the whole of this war, at On?ida Castle
Slid Fort Stanwi.x now Kome) wnn uie tbiik ui
Major, on account of tho influonco he possessed
over the Indians. He succeeded in koeping most
ef the Oneidas from any acts of hostility. After
the ncace of 1783, lho Onedia gave him his Pa-
i tont of two miles square which wns subsequent-
ly ratified by the State. in 10 ne rsinuveu
from Connecticut and commenced the settlement
of Onoida County.
Two or three years after this, a party of the
Oneidas went to the Cohoes, on their annual fish-
I ing expedition tho fishery belonged to the Mo-
1 hawk tribe, vet Iher rravo t.'icir nciiiAbors, tne
r neig
oacliT
ear, tu ro-
fnh thev chose this
hostility to down from time im-
Martin Van
;Mr(.;1':iad the means 01 procur-
iriad the means of
tho white mnn, ot whicn
Tree a use. On their return some-
.ofo in tne vaiiey "i " j
pose9inn, in ino nnsriiceui mu
iniith shop, using '.ho hre tor the purpose 01 cook
j ing. On the leturn of the owner, he set about i
- I I I hat' rm. i
dicsesinir his red and noisy tenants, i nej od-
jocted and refused. A scuffle and fiht cnsuoJ,
in which our hoi. of V.ilcan plied his hammer so
freely, ns to cause tho death of one of the patty.
They then took their dead comrade, brought him
to tha Oneida, and ho was buried in the same
ground where tho grass had for ages grown on
the graves ot his fathers. A council fire was
now lit ur. the well known conckshell was sound-
ed, and tho tribe was soon collected in council .
Uibo were murdered by a member of a tribe with
lie an incirnl law 01 uie uiieiuns, n hut
whom they wore at peace, tho hrst parson ot trie
Wte passing inro.igii uicir ifrn.u.j, '
executed, to appease the relatives in the tribe ot j
the murJered. The council, alter a lull consults- (
tion and mature deliberation, in which their order ;
and decorum should forever put to blush some of
the late legislative proceedings of the less civil- j
wed (in this respect) white man, it was decreed
that said law should be enforced on the whites.
Ignorant of tho murder, or tho doings of tho
council. Judge Dean, having business to transact
in the vicinity, was the first who passed through
the Oneid. village. Again tho smoke curled
over the (f'Vi! cabin, and tho tribo again assem
bled" iu e&ummil. After n lengthy sitting, in which
the friendship of Judge Dean to tho Indians, and
his having been adopted by their tribe, had been
duty considered, and after the council had expres
sed their regret that ho should have been so un
fortunato as to bring himself within their law, it
was resolved that their ancient law must bo re
spected and enforced. In pursuance of their res
olution, Powlis, one of their bravest warriors, and
long known as the personal friend of tho Judge
was selected as tho executioner, together with
the requisite assistants, and was instructed to ful
fil his duty faithfully. Soon after this last coun
cil, some friendly Indian conveyed to Judge D.
the circumstances which I have detailed, and he,
without mentioning it to" his wifo, proceeded to
settle and arrange his business, under a strong
conviction that at best the tenure of his life was
very precarious. Fleeing from the executioner
the law, is an act of mcntinc9 and cowardice,
f which in the opinion of the savage, none but
the pale face or woman would ever bo guilty.
Judge Dean was therefore determined to con
vince them he could meet death like a Christian,
hkh religion they knew he professed. But a
6 w days intervened, when, after he had retired
te rest with his wife, and two infant children, he
u startled from his slumber by the well known
dtn whoop, near his dwelling. Ho then briefly
itated the case to a young and dearly beloved
ife, exhorting her to fortitude, in the trying scene
was confident would soon commence. The
pace was brief, ere his accustomed ear caught
we soft and stealthy step of the Indian, at the
the door opened, and Powlis, with his toma-
ss his badge of office, entered, followed by
wseorfour assistants. The Judge met them
jb toreshold, and without betraying tho ie
!"a f single muscle, iuvited them into an
"oJsr room. Ho then commenced in the In
tongue, and told them he had been informed,
"w t heir errand. Ho told them it was
to put him to death for the crime of an-
mZlv ? person he did not know, and over
tUf.o , ,n" 11 wou, displease
ZaLl p,nt , th,m to the innocent,
- oaa
rl et -1 - a .
lean ik- r - V , . l"" ""y, nd ever
. " "woo. ot tne red
anse. - " t
man . Jle then made
went apart and held
aaeaawaawaTMMMM
E0 US .
V tow. f Westmoreland, (then a s,g-
Jflf ,n lho isthe "far West." Where is it
V?lZZ' to C,l of .he Rocky Moun-
'. .f! .! these Vankeess these
iih canes" of our first settlers, will bo
4 -uk ;ntP.re.t bv the present, if not by the
l .: k. writer has attempted to
K'. ihnu ihrillinf inciuenta m
a consultation. Powlis then informed him as he
result of their deliberations, that ho must die,
that his face was pale, that the murder was com
mitted by a pale face.they belonged to one nation,
of courso, and came within their law. Judge
Dean told them their words were a wrong,
the murderer was a Dutchman, ami did not speak
the same language be did, that be could not un
derstand their talk on the 3Iobawk, that he might
as well be called a Seneca or Tuscarora, because
his face was red, .that they must not raaae
responsible for the doings of all bad white men.
Furthermore, he told him he belonged to the One
ida tribe; that his adoption had been sanctioned
at the council of their chief and braves, and ot
courso he could not be responsible, nor come witb-
A nr.ihir consideration waa then held
hv th Indians, when Powlis informed the judge
oy me luuiau", . ....
that his arguments had all been thought of, and
nn.nroH bv their council, that his words were
like the bnrk of a beech tree, very smooth, yet
they did not heal their wounded nation; the blood
stain was on their tribe, and it must be washed
away, die he must.
As a last resort, the judgo appealed to I owns,
on account of the friendship that had long sub
...,A ki.n thprn. that thev had warmed at
the samo fire, and eat of the same venisor., and
would he now raise his hand to take nis me . o
lis here interrupted him, and said that when he
thought of his friendship, his heart was soft, it
was like a child's. But shall it be ever said of
Powlis that ho will not do his duty to his tribe,
because it is his friend that stands in the way.
No brave will enter the door of Powlis, if ho does
not his duty, but will point to his dwelling and
ay that is tho wigwam of a woman. And as he
spoke, his small black basilisk eyes began to light
up with excitement; already the judge reckoned
his course on earth as run, and his mind bade tare
well to all he held dear on earth when the quick
and almost noiseless tread of tho moccasin caught
his ear, the door opened, and in rushed the adopt
ed mother, with a friend, and stood between him
and Powlis after observing the Judge for a mo
ment, sho commenced my son, I am it. time, I
am not too late, the tomahawk .s not yet red with
blood. r
She then turned to Powlis, and after eyeing
him closely, if possible to scan his feelings, she
airaui commenced, ana saiu iu""
bis assistants had left the Oneida, she got infor
mation of tho council, and of their departure to
execute its decree, that she immediately sum
moned her friend and followed with the swiftness
of a deer, that she had come to claim her son, that
she had adopted him to fill the place of her young
brave, who died in battle; that his adoption had
been sanctioned by the council, that the law would
not take her son for the crime of a white. She
was calm, she quailed not at the fierce look of
Powlis, when he told her begone, that she was a
squaw, that the decisions of the council should
not be defeated by a wq.t,;.-, thnt she haJ bet'er
be at homo pounding corn, and waiting upon ..
husband, and again he began to branduh the tom
ahawk as if impatient of this new delay in the
sacrifice of their victim.
The mother and her friend, now produced a
knife bared their bosoms, when the mother said,
if vou are determined to take his life, you can on
ly do it bv passing over our bodies; if the floor
J . . i ...:.u (.: Kirwl it shall htt inintrled
need, and saia ini swu -
hjs bood 8ha nQ, run aone. When
" t . . . . 1
IS to DC SiaillOU mm , -
w-.-.i: ... ik .toiorn.inRfl and courapeous bear
I UW1I9 nw -
inof the woman, ho beckoned his companions
one side, and the result was, to defer proceedings
for that niht, and refer the matter again to the
tribe in couneil when the mother should have an
opportunity to be heard, and as the subject was
never again heard from it was presumed the moth
er's entreaties prevailed. While the name of
Pochahontas has been nanaea aown o Fuc...7,
! fami,iar to every Bchool boy,
for her noble
atlu IS laminar i" dcij - -
daring, in preserving the life of Capt. Smith,
namoof this heroic mother, who served a life
the
c-
! ,. V(.illn,0 anj dear has been lost, irretneva-
blv lost The part which Fowlis tooK in ine
' never cau9d r.ny interruption to the
B.,I1,fi far durinir the remainder of
his life, he made the judge an annual visit, enjoy
ing without restiaint his hospitality, for three or
four days at a time.
WOOD HOUSE.
Never burn wet wood when you can gel dry.
Jy ffife.
Wood for family use eught to be cut in winter
before it is intended to be used as fuel, so that it
may be thoroughly seasoned. The advantages
derived from the use of well seasoned and dry
wood, over that which is green or wet, are many,
and the economy and pleasantness derived Irwin
its use cannot have escaped the most superficial
observer. When wet wood is used for fuel it
takes nearly one half the heat produced by iff
combustion to carry off the moisture from it, avd
this would be accomplished with much more econ
omy by the air and sun, which cost nothing, be
fore it was hauled to the dwelling, and in tbe re
moval of it much animal force wonld be saved.
The expense or trouble of cutting it in advance
is nothing, but in some cases there would be a sav
ing of it; as I have frequently known farmers driv
en to the necessity of leaving ery nrgent and
important business, and turn t and cut and haul
wood for immediate use, and a poor article it was
truly, as the good woman coald testify when she
attempted to cook the family dinner.
Green or wet wood makes much smoke, and the
chimney often rebels at being oppressed with it,
and sends tho excess, over what it can discharge
in the natural way, into thekitcbenor parlour, as
the case may be, to the great annoyance of the
female part "of the family, to tho injury of furni
ture and walls; and more often spoils cookery, to
the great mortifisation and chagrin of the indus
trious housewife, who sometimes under such try
ing circumstances is tempteyl to scold, and no won
der if she does.
Appurtenant to every farm house, there should
be a rood house ot shed, in which should be con
stantly kept a sufficiency of wood, cut and split
ready for current use for some wesks or months in
advance. The situation of this structure should
be such as to furnish convenient access to tbe fe
male part of the family ia all kinds of weather
with the least possible exposure; and it should be
considered an incumbant duty of the header the
family always to see that there was an adequate
supply of dry wood, cut into considerable lengths,
so as to be properly adapted to all household pur
poses at all seasons of the year.
Those who have practiced the foregoing system,
know well there is a great saving of time and ex
pease in it, and that it adds much to tbe comfort
and convenience of a family, and causes the do
mestic arrangements to proceed with more quiet
ness and composure.
RICHMOND, IA., SATURDAY MORMNG, JANUARY 12, 1830.
The expense of such a structure ns would be
required is not for a moment to be put in compc-
tition with its advantages; I therefore hop tht j
every respectable tarmor win m;mo jus biis
menu accordingly, and have a irood houie con
structed before the coming winter, when the fe
males of his family and neighborhood will
Loudly tpeak bis prai."
Farmer Calinct.
GREEN CORNSTALKS FOR FODBER.
The last New England Farmer contains a let
ter from AsaM. Holt, of East Haddon, Connecti
cut, giving the result of an experiment, which
should induce the farmers generally to adopt a
similar practice. His experiment, vhich follows,
was made two years ago, but he statas, in his in
troductory remarks, that he has beca in the prac
tice of sowingcorn broad-cast, for the fesding of
cattle in summer.
Experiment. On the fifteenth of June, 1830,
about sixteen square rods of ground which had
been well manured, and well ploughed, wero
sown broad-cast, with horsetooth corn, at the rate
of four bushels of seed to the acre. The seed was
then lightly ploughed in with a small horse-plough
after which the ground was harrowed and rolled.
I On tha tenth of Auzust following, we oegan 10
cut up the crop of cornstalks which grew on the
above described ground. The crop which grew
from the sixteen rods of ground before-mentioned
afforded forage for a horse from the nineteenth cT
August to the 8th of October, and also afforded
theprincipal part of the food for a cow from the
fifth of September to the eighth of October.
Making fifty days keeping for the horse and
thirty-three for the cow.
On the fifth of September, when this corn was
from five to eight feet high, but had eared or tas
selled out, the produce of one square rod was cut
up, and while green it weighed three hundred and
seventy-five pounds. This was at the rate of 30
tuns to the acre. This three hundred and seventy-five
pounds, which was cut from one square
rod of grain, was dried.and on the twenty-seventh
of October, 1S3G, it weighed oighty-six pounds,
which is at the rate of 13.BUU pounds, or six anu
nine tenths tuns to the acre.
An acre of horsetooth-corn, sowed in this way
on good ground, would probably afford green for
acre for thirty cows a month, or for eight horses
the same length of time. And wo think such a
r..,.-,. .toiba i4 far suDerior to anv crop of
guinea-grass, or cow-caDDage. wui .u o
1 1 L. ! mm AI
could
reasonably expect to grow in uus cuuj
It is
proper to remark here, however, that in order to
make the horse active and strong for business, a
little provender is very useful.
While the horse was eating the cornstalks as
beforementioned, he was allowed two quarts of
shelled corn per day, and with this allowauce he
was more active and strong for business than
when he had his two quarts of shelled corn, and
as much zood hay as ho would eat. I may add,
that though cows eat ine gren cornsiaiR. u
ciously for two or three days, if kept wholly on
the Creen stalks they are apt to get cloyed, and
afterward not to eat as well. The stalks are not
easily cured into good dry fodder.
The advantages of sowing the horsetooth-corn,
instead of some of the smaller sorts, are, the
Kr.r..-.!h--orn bein? a taller kind, makes a much
greater amount of fodder. It is a later kind, and ,
therefore keeps green, and in a fit condition to be
foddered out much longer, than me earner sons.
There is a considerable difference in the sweet
ness of the stalks of different kinds of corn. And
it might be worth the attention of agricultural
philosophers, to make experiments to decide, not
only which kind of cornstalks yields the greatest
number of pounds to the acre, but also which
vields the greatest amount of nourishment to the
acre.
For those who are apt to bo short for summer
pasture, particularly in August and September,
will not the cultivation of patch of horsetooth-
corn. sown broadcast, be found to be a matter
considerable practical importance?
A suspicion was hinted a few days ago, in a
New York paprr, that the money of the United
States, for which Mr. Swartwout is u defaulter,
had been advanced to Texas, with tho privity and
consent of General Jackson. The article mak
ing this charge was enclosed to Gen. Jackson by
the editor of tho .Nashville Union, who received
tbe following reply thereto: Nat. Intelligences
"Hermitage, Dec. 8, 1S39.
"Sis: I thank you for calling my attention to
tho subjoined extract from the New York Com
mercial Advertiser, a paper to which I am not a
subscriber, and whose statements, therefore,
might not otherwise havo met my observation.
"Supposing it possible that the extract in ques
tion may obtain some credence with those who
may not have tho means of knowing the injustice
it has done me, I think it my duty to give this
public contradiction to the insinuation it contains
of my being privy to any advances, if there were
anv, made bv Mr. Swartwout, the late collector
of the port of New York, to aid the Texians in
their contest with Mexico. In all my correspon
dence on the subject of Texian aJairs, private or
public, and in all my intercourse with our citi
zens, no human being can find any authority for
the allegation that I ever countenanced any step
... Jlrlinrr inconsistent with our treaty rela
tions to Mexico, or with the peaceful character of
our Republic. "Your obedient servant,
"ANDREW JACKSON."
Pardon of George Gausman. This individu
al, who was a few days since sentenced by Judge
ThomDson. of the United States Court, to one
year's imprisonment at bard labor for the crime
of perjury, was on Saturday discharged, his ex
cellency Martin Van Buren having been pleased
to pardon him. His crime was, in swearing false
ly to the residence of an alien, by which means
he procured his papers of citizenship, and thus
became entitled to vote. Gausman is a very ac
tive if not one of tho most active, administra
tinn'men in the Tenth Ward, and perhaps this
gracious clemency has been extended to him in
consideration of the valuable services he has ren
dered, and may continue to render, the party.
N . Y. Enquirer.
Illegal paper money. A great excitement ex
ists in Cincinnati respecting the paper trash a
float in that community. Several hundred of the
most respectable merchants have published a card,
enumerating notes of the following description
as among those they will not receive or circulate :
Checks on the Savings Bank in Louisville, and
Exchange Bank in Cincinnati, Orphan's Inst.tute
Notes, Checks of J. Delafield in New York, pay
able at the Basking House of Delafield & Burnet
in this citv, and Manhattan Bank Notes.
' . . Cohardus Rrfftter.
1 1 u t hs Hen r-j
mOIIIBiTIO'
ECE IN
From lha MJnin.
OF FEDERAL INTERFEK
pori'LAR ELECTIONS.
Manv thanks are due to Mr. Crittespkn, ot
Ki.. foreomimr forward with a
bill to prevent ;
..' i j i -.....,,. rt fmm in-!
mo uiiiv-vis ' -
i nnm.lnr olnrtinn. Such a bill iscal-;
.. .1tol ta nromota more than any other, the im- )
nnrtant Reoubhcan measure 01 a oiroinunuii
of
r 1
Frnrutivu natronaire. Since pooac onices
infested with brawling paxtizaos,selecteo, inmost
cases, mort for their brutality and venality, than
their integrity of character or mental qualifica
tions, and who in consideration of their bread,
erve their party first before their country, it be
comes a mattsr of the greatest moment for the
statesman, to consider well whether the a buses
arising in consequence are not sapping the foun
dations of public liberty. We have seen the pa
tronage of the Federal Government brought di
rectly into conflict with the freedom of elections
we have seen a Cabinpt officer point.ag out
candid-tes for a whole constituency we have
seen collectors of the Customs leanag their du
ties and going about harranguing the people we
have seen receivers and postmasters bullying
electors and brow beating voters wo see some
.-j..a u nffieiat natronaffc. and others .ntimida-
ted by throats of official vengeance in tine, we
have seen these executive officers, like the Jictors
who infested Italy under the Roman Sub-Treasury
system, every where managing, caucussing,
ottir im mnrk moetimrs. manufaclu-
.:,..,Ki;,- nnlnion. oalminff off resolutions
addwses,bullying,brow-beating,seducing, threa
tening, and bringing all the means and applian
ces they can dev.se, or .ne.r par.y --."- I
conflict with elecuve right. 1 ne.r T
be deprecated, becuse they are never disinteres
ted Thev are unfit advisers of the people, be
cause thev labor for their offices and bread, ano
not for the country. It is altogether anti-Ke-publican,
and the same selfish motives which in
duces an officer to electioneer, may also induce
him to plunder the people or prostitute his office,
"whenever opportunity tempts ambition. It is
aeainst good sense against experience, against
liberty to tolerate it. It is not permitted "in oth
er countries," to which our President refers us
for many eminent examples on another point, and
in England the statute forbids tho officers of the
crown meddling with elections under heavy pen
alties. Is our Executive or his friends, more te
nacious of his patronage and power than the Ln
elish crown, that he or they should not permit the
7 A I... iKm Crcpf
VI ... r J : n 1 mAitatirnanf Rti-
As tnis id one oi ow -" -
publican reform, we shall recur again to the .sub
ject. Meantime, the following is a copy of Mr.
Crittenden's Bill, introduced by him, in Senate,
December 21, and referred to the Ojmmitleo on
the Judiciary :
A BILL
V- .aa-vKVT THE ITfrKKFKRENCK OF CERTAIN FED
ERAL OFFICERS I ELECTIONS.
To the end that the great powers given to the of
ficers of the Federal Government, and other
persons employed in its service, may not be.
usod for the influencing of elections, which
ought to be free and incorrupt
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
pretentativea of the United States of America, in
Congrett atttembled, That from and after the first
day of April, in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-nine, no marshal or deputy mar
shal, no postmaster or deputy postmaster, no re
ceiver or register of aland office, or any of their
deputies or clorks, no surveyor general of the pub
lic lands, or anv of his deputies or assistants, no
collector, surveyor, naval officer, weigher, gua
ger, appraiser, or other officer or person whatso-
j ever concernea or cmpi"a
lecting, levying, or managing mo tumu.i., i j
branch or part thereof, no engineer, officer, or
.pnt emoloved or concerned in the execution of
f the public works, shall, by word, message, or wr.-
' ting, or in anv other manner whatsoever, endea-
i vor to nersuade anv elector to give, or dissuade
vor to nersuade an
give, or aissuaoo
te for the choice of
nv nlector from eivinc, his vote
jy person to be elector of President and Vice
resident of these United States, or for the
an
-v,; r nv nerson to be a Senator or Repre
sentative in the Congress of tho said United
States, or for the choice of any person to be Gov
ernor or Lieutenant Governor of any State, or of
any person to be a representative or member in
the Legislative Department of any State of this
Union, or for the choice of any person to serve in
ohlir. office established by the law of any of
ai'd States, nor shall any such officer or person
intermeddle in any of the elections above men
tioned, or use any means with intent to influence
or control the same, otherwise than by giving his
own vote; and every person offending therein
shall forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars; one
moiety thereof to the informer, and the other
moiety to the United Ststes aforesaid, to be re
covered, with costs of suit, by any person that
shall sue for the same, by action of debt, bill, or
..Lint in anv of the district or circuit courts of the
United States ; and every person con vie ted, on any
...rh suit. of the said oftnce, snail mereuy ocw.o
disabled and incapaoie 01 eor W....B .
tingsny office or place of trust whatsoever under
the said United States.
Ixsttit to the State. Mr. Allen, of the Ohio
Senate, presented, on Monday last, a petition
from some Loco Foco citizens of Richland and
Delaware counties, praving the erection of a new
, ko 11p BENTON!
About the best commentary wa can make upon
this insult to the state,is by relating tbe following
scene stated to have occurred iu Wheeling a few
days ago, and which we take from the Wheeling
TlSee'ne.A sleeping room of a prominent Hotel.
Enter Servant. .
Servant. Master, Col. Benton has arrived in
town.
Master.
Then hand me mv pocket book.
Cincinnati Whig.
Ma- Swartwobrt. The amount of Mr.
Swartwout's defalcation is now ascertained to be
1.225 ,703 69. Mr. it appears.was a defaul
ter in 1830, and has been adding to his defalca
tions, year after year, ever ""U,Jh.eT
up to the enormous sum of ONE MIL.L.IU.
AND A QUARTER OF DOLLARS. And yet
k waa n tin tied in office, hanging on to the
t..t like the horse leech, until he be
came perfectly satisfied, and then dropped off, of
his own accord. V. wnai a viguam
worthy set of officers Uncle Sara has got.
Drunkenness turns a man oat of himself, and
leaves a beast to his room.
. - j. . Tha Tirat ofl mtith.r I7sl I he Una CVUIUJI-
INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
From the Indianapolis Journal of Ja.. 2.
SrviTt Monday. Dec. 31. A petition was
presented bv Mr. vviiiiams, irom Kooen inorTip-
c. - in and others, relative to the Richmond and
. -
Brook viile Canal
-referred to the committee on
canals and intern-.! improvement
Bills, dec. istboditid. By Mr. Cole, a joint
resolution relative to the Philanthropist, a public
paptT, laid upon the desks of members of the
General Assembly. This resolution is couched
in strong language against the editor of the Phi
lanthropist and the abolitionists generally.
The joint resolution was read, when Mr. Ken
nedy moved to reject it; which motion was lost
by the following vote:
Ayes Kennedy, Mount, Smith, of W.t Stan
ford, Trimble Turman, and Williams 7.
Noes Arion, Armstrong, Baird of St. J., Beard
of M-, Bell, Brown, Brady, Bryant, Casey, Clark
of I.., Cat heart, Cole, Uunning, cwing oi v-t
Finch, Greene, Hacket, Hargrove, Hoagland, Lit
tle, Lowe, Morgan, Riley, Sigler, Smith of R.,
Stafford, Thompson of J., Thompson of P.,Tuley
Vawter, Walker, Watt, and Watts 33.
The resolution was ordered to a seeond read
ing, ..it
By Mr. Williams, to incorporate the Glennopo
t ',.r..ot,. nrvrr mmninv read and passed to a
ilMllUittviui J J ,
i second reading.
rin mot inn of Mr. Clark of L..
Resolved, That the committee on military af
fairs be instructed to inquire into the propriety ol
so changing the militia law as to require only one
hundred men in each county to do military duty,
th.t i.nrlor auch regulation each man shall
V. " j - .ha mmo b. armed and
- " " , ;,. and wheth.
tnitrkrmnn at the exoence
er or not such men may not be raised by volun
teering their services; and also, whether or ni
under this regulation it would not be well for offi
cers and men, once in one, two, or three years,
to do camp duty for one or two weeks at their re
gimental musters, which regiments should consist
of about four companies.
On motion of Mr. Watts of D.,
Resolved, That the committee on roads be re
quested to enouire into the expediency oi making
a provision in
the road law so that all minorchan-
ees made in public roads, that have been accept
ed and used as such for the term of two years
shall be considered part of the public highway.
On motion of Mr. Smith, of W.,
Resolved, That the Fund Commissioners be
requested to communicate to the Senate, at as
early a day as convenient, what amount of inte
rest has been paid by them on the bonds issued to
the Lawrenceburgh rail-road company; and the
r iKat rnmnmv in regard to the n-
UriArVCUlU. - C
. r.o lar. the amount ot
leresi unmu -- .
monev due from cacb of the purchasers of State
Bonds sold for .nternal improvement purposes
since the 24th of May last, and .n what sums and
at what times the balances are to be paid.
Hoche of Representatives. Mr. Hubbard,
from the committee of ways and means, made the
followig report:
Mr. Speaker, The committee of ways and
means, to which was referred various petitions on
the subject of printing the laws of this State in
the German language, have had the samo undor
consideration and have directed me to report,
that notwithstanding your committee cannot re
port favorable at this time, to the prayers of the
petitioners, yet we think they have strong cUinw
on the consideration of the Legislature, inasmuch
as a very respectable portion of our citizens are
Germans, who willingly contribute to the sup
port of schools and other beneficial state institu
tions, and eharo in common with their fellow
citizens all public burdens; and that from necessi
ty as well as choice are compelled to use the lan
guage in which they havo been educated in their
intercourse with each other, and in consequence
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thereof they are in a good measure unacquainieu
i the constitution and laws ol mis tneir aaop
tmte. and with their leiral liabilities, as well
their riffhts and privileges, and have not the
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mnn n w i a. ii i ii iiicii i vevu v -
Por these, as well as many other reasons wnicn
a
micht be urged, your committee believe the time !
is not far distant when it will be proper for tbe
Legislature to take steps to accommodate with
the laws in their own languags this worthy por
tion of our citizens, but as the state has just gone
into, and completed a revision of the laws, your
committee think the present would not be a pro
per time to go into a translation of our laws into
j the German language . They therefore ask to ne
i discharged from a further consideration of the
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subject.
The report was concurred in by consent.
Mr. Hubbard, from a select committee, report
ed a hill nrovidinr? for a state road from Milton,
in Wayne county, and for other purposes;
passed to a second reading.
rtn nutiiAfi f Mr. Chauntan.
rhich
R.lvx4 That the committee on elections be
instructed to enquire into the expediency pf"
j cmJ an, townahip officers, liable for the cost
!kinc the individual, contesting an eieciiow v
I V - . a - 1 a" -a &A-a
, .Mrua on such contested election, ween
he may fail to succeed in such contest, and report
by bill or otherwise.
On motion of Mr. Cutter,
Resolved, That the Judiciary committee be in
structed to inquire into the expediency and prac
ticability of enacting a law to compel persons or
companies bringing salt into this state to re-weigh
the same before selling, and to take pay for no
.u.n tUxr .Kail .Kanlntnlv furnish to the
I purchaser; and further, if some law cannot be
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enacted which snail prevent m hwiw; -within
this state in the manner in which il is now
..tmI-iif if thpm can be no protection ex-
IIIVr'."" t -- - . . f
tAmA t.t ir ritirma against the imposition 01 j
L3 aaVJ J-mt V - mm)
. . . -r ..ii.i)kUva tn renort bv bill
1
ine importer" u f - - 1 -
Mr. Anderson introduced a bill to,provioe iv
the election of County treasurers and for other
purposes: which was twice read, and, on motion
of Mr. Proffit, committed to a committee ot im
whole House and made the order ot tne oay tor
Saturday next. This hill provides tor tne eieciKu
of county treasurers by the people.
l. T-..Kknt. introduced a Mil to aumonae
Notaries Public to solemnize marriages;
! 1 A a a wwaaB w
rbich
.. ,m-A rA naaaad to a second reading.
The joint resolution on tne suojecio- '
states was read a third time and passed yeas 87,
navs I.
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LEGISLATIVE.
In the Senate, on Monday last, Mr. Vawter,
from the committee on, the Stat.lfanR,
made a
report, accompanied with a hiH-
The following
are tbe provisions or ins em -
TERMS .... If.30 .... 3 , OO. 04,00.
NUMBER 1.
Th first sent ion authorizes the fund
ioners to contract loans, on the part of thesjate,
for 1,000,000 every year for five years,al arate
of interest not exceeding 6 per cent., redeemable
after 20 aud within 30 yer. Such loans when
obtained are to be ptid l the commissioners of the
sinking fui.d.
Section two provides that said loans anau om
subscribed and paid over as bank stock in the sev
eral branches of the State Bauk, at fifty dollars
per share; but, before full dividends shall be paid
on such stock, the slate directors bum pruviuw iur
raising a surplus fund from the profits equal to
one-sixteenth of the slock, and ultimately equal
to the amount of the surplus retained en the other
stock in the branch . The stock and surplus are
pledged for the payment of the principal of the
loan the dividends are pledged for the payment
of the interest on the loan and the surplus of
the dividends, if any should remain after, the in
terest is paid, will go to pav any interest on inter
nal improvement loans, as the Legislature may
direct.
The third soction directs the commissioners of
the sinking fuud, in subscribing tho stock ia the
,veral branches, to have an eye to the greatest
profits that can be obtained, and that if any branch
through mismanagement, should endanger the
safety, or render unproductive said stock, it shall
be their duty to withdraw the same and place it in
' some other branch.
Section four provides that the loans and dis
counts made on this iew stock shall be distribu
ted amom? the soveral counties according to lho
state tax paid bv each, provided that applications
be made bv sate and punctual men, ano tnai nenn-
er the principal nor either of his endorsers has sul-
fcred paper to lie under protest twenty aaya.
Section five directs the commissioners to assign
to the branches, to tho capital of which the new
slock shall be added, the counties to which they
shall extend discounts as provided in the fourth
section. ,
Section six says, "whenever new stock is added
to a branch, the sinking fund commissioners, if
they deem it advisable, may authorize such branch
to increase its individual stock, not exceeding
one-half the sum added by the state."
Section seven extends the provision made ia
tho DOth section of the charter of the State Bank
(in relation to lho subscription and payment of
individual stock by mortgHging real estate forth
second and third instalments,) to the new branch
es, which wore authorised and provided for by tbe
act of Feb. 6, 1837, provided that such loans to
stockholders shall be at tho same rate, io propor
tion to tho cost of the funds procured for that
purpose, as loans to stockholders in the original
branches. It also provides that the new branches .
shall be entitled to all the privileges and subject
to the same restrictions of the old branches under
existing laws, except ss such new branches may
be affected by the law creating them and thie
irl.
Section eight directs the surplus fund commis
sioners to appropriates sufficient sum, out of the)
funds to be procured for banking capital under
this act, or out of any other funds that may be at
their disposal at any time, to put in operation the
new branches according to the act creating tbem.
We believe the bill received the unanimous
sanction ot the committee on the State Bank.
The last two or three days in the House of Rep
resentatives have beed very interesting. Some
of the important matters of the session have been
fairly broached. The bill providing for an ap
propriation of $300,000 on the Michigan road,
was acted upon on Wednesday and lost by a ma
jority of ten votes. We learn however, that tbe
subject will, probably, after a while, be re-consid-ered,
and sgain more fully and deliberately act
od upon.
Mr. Judab, on Tuesday last, made an ablo re
port from the judiciary committee in favor of the
Constitutionality of Private Banking as author
ized in the state of New York, accompanied by a
bill for that purpose, both of which were ordered
to bo printed. This report will be shortly given
to our readers. We have not had an opportunity
to examine the bill, and of course are unable te
give a correct synopsis of it.
On the same day, the modification bill which
! had been laid on the table previously, was, on
motion of Mr. Milroy, taken from the table, when
Mr. Owen moved to strike it out from tbe enact-
no clause and insert a substitute which he pro
posed, containing, with one or two exceptions, the
views of the modification committee. Upon thtt
bill, and upon motions in reference te it, desalto
ry debate took place which occupied tbe princi
pal part of the time of the House until ad
journment yesterday (Thursday.) The discus
sion was in reference both to its merits and to the
present disposition of it. Various motions were
made to refer it back to the modification commit
tee, to refer it to the committee on canals and in
ternal improvements, and to lay it on the table)
?nd print it. Before any disposition was made thw
ewe a - as !
House adjourned, l nis diii proviuea, -
1 hn first of March nest, the Board ef
rtkinara. for a re-oriranizatiott oi tne xtoara
ier that time to eonsistlof three members to be
elected by joint ballot ot both nouses, to nawww
I a I J a la. m.mm
j whbout anT reference to location and to bold their
nai.m for ... vears
that Jesse L. Will
shall be Chief Engineer and snail nave tne power
of nomination to the Board of all assistants that
the Board shall have tho whole control of the let-
he Board shall have tho wdoic control m
inga that the Board may expend one and a half
Billion in I839,andnotniore than one million ts
ti
mil
any after year that they shall concenirato oper
ations and confine them to those works and parte
r -,fca which will be most advantageous to the
j state making the ten millions originally PPrc
innated a general appropriation, providing how
ever that no more than the amount originally set
apart for any work, shall be applied to that work
-a m !u aVa liiA T a
without a further speciar appruprm j -7
ialatnr. and orovidine also that all the works M
i fi :: 1 w:u .hf.il K rnmnl'lml as soon as the
HIS onginai urn mjm taut
interest of tbe state snati require. - -i
a few of the most prominent features gathered
from hearing the bill once read. Ducn n
tbe demand for the bill since its introduction that
we have not been able to see it.
On this morning, (Friday,) Mr. M.W, charr
man of the modification committee, reedabUl
with provision, very similar to the
pruFV.u - . ....
rr- - -n,:. bln was twice
Mr iiwmi. n nnmE bv..-,
in one or " k" '. . . . .
read, laid on the table, and ordered to be prU
On this morning Mr. Judah.from the ecenmitta
rS w.t. and means, reported a bill contauamg II
sctions, entitled, -a bill relative totbereeeipi
dUbursementof all state fund. W for
poses." This mfi provides, among y
ihat the State Bank and Branches shall reeerve
and pay outallpuWie wKn.v., revenues,
erfuad. of the PyW 7 to ny pUh
officer, agewt, etc.
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