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ofif, were It not l!iaf we cannot eoo-
Yei.icnlly spare the mom.
MR. CRAWFORD.
The men win* |r sides over the
monied department, sprung from the
humbles* walk** in life ; his cradle
\va rocked in the plowman’s but ;
fbe liardv yeomen of the estate were
the oonipnnions of bis childhood ;
in the pin e walks f humble mr<i*
oetitv slid he (read; poor, friend
jess, self taught, when bursting into
macho and. lie was thrown upon the
great theatre of life to grope bis
way. unaided by the wealthy, unno
ti ed by the powerful; heir to no
one. he stood alone, honesty for his
guide, industry for his resource,
ilis talents brought upon him the
untile of the present incumbent,
a* and he w*s taken into his ser vice.
The monied concerns of the estate
being in great disorder, the manage
ment of that branch of its affairs was
entrusted to him. He withstood
the torrent of paper mom y which
Dearly deluged the domain, and sub
sti’uted the precious metals in its
gfp.d. fi was he who enabled the
|)c,..ent lord to pay off ‘.be heavy
debt which so grievously harrassed
the estate, and that too, at the vey
lime that be put an end to all exac
tions. He ha* established gome ex
cellent regulations in relation to
trade and domestic manufactures,
In which ommereml intercourse
with the neighbors lias been increa
se and. and at the game time h? :ne
t*cde fabrics are sedulously rtuised.
Jsy tliese meacs be has reconciled
the interests of two jra! us branches
of •be estate ; for whilst no undue
prefcrent e ha* been given to the
on s . the other is led along info the
r * and stream o’’ prosperity —Keen*
c t in the disbursement of public
li .ies is bat with which his ene
m s chiefly reproach him# and it is
very true, that where extravagance
grows luxuriously, it is his habit
sans eerem >oic to strike at its roots,
Jr was chiefly through his insfru
mentality that the racks nl the train
ed bruisers in time of peace were
thinned. If is ov ing to his assidu
it* that the defaulters for public
money have been dragged to the
bar of aecotio —He has passed thro’
a long line of difficult trusts, and
lips shewed a prnper devotion to the
ge crul wed. The arduous duty
of devising wavs and means for the
support of the estate has devolved
upon him, and it is no mean praise
to *ay. that he alwavs promptly met
the urreot expenses of the’ estab
ILhment, while a* the same time he
In* mainly dimini died the pubic*
deli* without recourse to taxation—
vi boiit recourse to any direct calls
li‘on the people. A*d that be is
m*t ambitious, bis noble disinterest
edness on a former occasion dis
tii ctly shews—when the hand of the
lair lady suite seven years ago was
openly extended to him. he magnan
imously placed it in the band of him
who now p'-gsiesses if, modestly re
s’ mi >g the proffered boon to another.
The days of nt'cades are past, su
pernatural feats belong not to man ;
lie whose life has been a life of use
fu’ness to bis country, deserves well
of that country.
*’ The warrior*, name,
Tbo* pealed and chimed by all rhe tonjpies
of amr.
Sounds less harmonious to the grateful
mind.
Than h s who fashions and improves man
kind”
MR. ADAMS.
lie who has in charge the contro
versies which arise between the e 9
late and its neighbors, is another
sort of man.— ffrpil up in courts and
palaces, the vulgar notions of plow
men lie knew not: for lords and la
dies were bis playmates, kings and
P r inces bis political preceptors. It
is believed, that were be to succeed
in ‘hr election, all the odious dis.
tioctions of rank would be in*uloied
Red established at the palace; ple
beian faces would rarely fi and admit
lance to his presence. If is believed
that the labors of the tenantry
Mould he increased, ard that the
fruits of ifieir toil would be wasted
;in idle luxury. It ig believed that
tongues which have spoken ill of
‘1 m would be pirn ked out, and that
t>v his eleva'iou the tax gatherer
w* uld be made to come upon the sil
ft> r of the earth, household troops
would guard him. and trained hands
Would st our the country —lt is suit!
ti at he is a man of fine parts ard
Wi ; tes most charming verses. He
is, however, rather duil at a trade,
living sold seme of the best wild
lands for a mere bauble; and then
be bought of a neighbor a swampy
sterile field, and if is said be paid
ir.ost deafly fur his whistle !—lt is
bis boast tint with the shafts of Ids
wit be has demolished the whole fab
ric of democracy, and be vaunts too
tfiat upon a ease of emergency (pure
ly for expediency sake.) that he who
bad for forty years cried *• there is
hut ore (i*.d, act? Mahomet is his
prophet?*’ in a twinkling became a
devout a follower of the cross, acid
sung hosannh’s to the true G< and ?
NTVafOrRT MARTIAL.
A Naval Court Martial was de
tailed about a month since, to con
vene at this station for the trial of
Lieut Iteverlry Kennon. on certain
charges preferred against him by
Com Porter. Ih* c urt will meet,
according to appointment, this day,
at ile Navy Ya**d, and will consist
of the f Mowing officers :
Com. rSAiNisR OGR. President.
Cap*. Mr Don* ugh,
Ridgklky.
J. |). Henley,
Reed.
r. \ C, J neb,
Lieu* Galahfr,
Walter F. Jonp.s, F.-q.
Judge vidroe fr.
In stating the fact ihat a C urt
Mai tial is to tie held on Lieut K**n
non, we consider it due to that offi
cer to say, that the charges prefer
red against him ore, as we icarn,
founded on certain publications
made by him in this paper, and no
thing else—This trial tins occasion
ed t l, e detention of. C m- Porter,
who whs expected to have vailed in
the John Adams for Thompson’*
Island about the ts* iost.
The. same Court, wo understand,
is charged with the trial of Vlaster
Commandant Si n y Smith, and
perhaps some other canes.
Notf'dk Herald.
The writer of the following let
ter, received from New Yoik by a
member >f Congress, was a soldier
of the Revolution, and is oue of the
patriarchs of the Republican party.
From the first formation of the two
great parlies which have divided
this country, to the present mottfcmt,
his political course has been with
out variableness or shadow of turn
ing. At ihe election of Mr. Madi
son. in 1808, end at that ol Mr.
Monroe, hi 1815, and again in
1820. he whs Chairman of the El
ectoral Colleges, in New York, ar.d
there i* little, reason to doubt that,
ifbis advanced ge will allow of it,
he will Again occupy that distin
guishrd s<ation in 1824. The views
of such h men are surely entitled to
respef.—JV* t. Irueligencer.
•• Df.ar Sir : I n>f erely congra
tulate you on ttie evidence I have of
the fi mness of our Republican
frierds at Albany. Ihe assembly,
I ope, will put tiieir seal to the pro
cerdjegs of the Hecate, anti the true
friends to the Constitution and Peo
ple will oiu e more prevail, and re
gular nomination* on- e more put
the faeiionlsts to test in the Bu*e.
This is an important crisis to
which we have arrived, and the
( aucus at Ma*hi*gt n, I trus , will
designate, in due time, the Repub
lican Candidate, who is to fill the
Chair the next lour years. Hither
to, Heaven has blessed our patriot
ic endeavors, and may it continue
its blessings during another Presi
dency, and I trust the poiiti. al ship
, will be safely moored in the Con
stitutional harbor of safety, and in
the entire affections of Ihe People
of the I nited States, Thi-, Dear
Sir, is tlie unfeigned wish of your
friend and very hombie servant.”
DF.hjnrjtnE,
Me have seen the Speech of Gov.
Payntkr. to the Legislature of the
Staie of Delaware, on the occasion
of his inauguration a few days ago.
It is a creditable document, the fal
lowing passage of which particular
ly arresfed our attention, from the
interest of the subject to which it
relates:— ■Nat. hit.
“I cannot omit his opportunity of
protesting against the ftvqieut al
terations which are made, propo
sed, of the Constitution of the Uni
ted Stales. That instrument has
never yet been amended, except in
the first eleven additional articles;
and they only expressly guard and
secure rights which are generally
comprehended within the scope and
meaning of the Constitution; or not
being parted with, were retained by
the people. This subject has been
forced upon me, by perceiving the
many proposals made in Congress
fur< fleeting anew mode of elet ting
a President of the Cubed States,
it may seriously be apprehended
that all the schemas now before
CongiA are rather designed to fa
vor paPicular candidates, than to
promote tbo welfare of die people
So maay novelties may be introdu
ced. that the whole fabria may be
undermined before we are aware of
the mischief. And allow me to re
mark, gentlemen, that, as long as
the nation exists, the wit of man
will no be able to devise a system
of general government so happy, so
well proportioned, so practicable,
a9 the present was in iH origin,with
the addition of the eleven articles,
and particularly for the people of
this State, and if it could he restor
ed to its primitive purity by abol
ishing the twelfth article of the a
meudinents, nothing farther would
lie required than that it should he
administered in wisdom. & in integ
rity of heart, without regard to pri
vate or local interests, except as
they are connected with the general
go- and, and a* the happiness of the
w hole is promoted.”
Shocking Indian Murders.
o
Arkansaw, (L R ) Dee. 9.
A H. Sevier, Fq who return
ed ihs* morning from Hempstead
and Miller counties, has just com
municated to u* the following mel
ancholy intelligence:
Just before be started, he *aw ad
conversed with Mr. I* a a-. Penning
ton, (recentlv residing on the Ar
kansas,) who belonged to a party of
hunters, consisting of twenty one
persons, in the employ of M ;j M*-
Klmurry, of Cadron, in this coun
ty. who were hunting on Red river.
Mr. Pennington states, that, about
two or three weeks since, the par
tv was attacked by a hand of (Lage
I dians whom tie supposed to he
200 strong. The men made con
siderable resistance, hut they were
soon overpowered by the superior
numbers of the enemy, and Mr P.
thinks that none escaped except him
self* lie happened, fortu aely,
to be a short dis anee from their
camp where the men were collect
ed, when the attack was commen
ced, ami succeeded in securing his
retreat in a neighboring cane-brake,
where he remained until the I ;dians
had retired.
After waiting some time, Mr. P.
ventured to the camp (for the pur
pose of procuring some provisions
to enable him to reach the seiile
nrieofs,) and there beheld the man
gled remains of several of his com
panto .§, murdered, scalped, and
stripped; a .and found the camp com
pletely pillaged, it was dark when
oe returned, and, suspecting that
some of Tie Indian* might be lurk
ing near him. he did not stop to ex
amine the bodies of tns mtrdered
companions, but he recognized that
of old Moj *r Welborn, from l he
upper part f this county. Having
found a buff do’s tongue, being the
only article of provisions Ike savages
had left, he set out for the settle
ments on Red fiver. The Indians
followed hint two days, and al*o
stole a number of hordes from Judge
Brice’s company -f Mustang hunt
ers, wh< m he fell v with.
This outrage took pivre oo Blue
River, a tributary of Red R.ver.
Previous to tlie atta k, the
discovered, from the prairies being
on fire, and ther signs, that the In
dian* were near them. They also
discovered the head of a man (scal
ped) sticking or. a p de, in a prairie,
whi< h was supposed to have been
done by the same party of Indians,
in consequence of these signs, a par
ty of i'*ur men were 9enf to the In
dians, with presents, to conciliate
them. This party, however, did
not return, and it is supposed they
were also murdered; for, while
tneir companions were hourly ex*
peeling their return, the atta. k was
made oo the ca.np, as related a
bnve.
Our relations with the Indians a
long the whole western frontier,
from the head waters of the Missis
sippi to the Spanish provinces, have,
indeed, arrived at a serious crisis;
am!, unless some prompt measures
are te.ken by the government to
check and punish (he growing hos
tile disposition of the numerous
tribes of Indians on our borders, it
will soon be unsafe for a hunter or
trader to venture beyond the limits
of our settlements; and we even
fear, that some of our frontier in
habitants may be endangered, from
the incursions of these lawless ma
rauders, who frequently penetrate,
in their hunting expeditious, into
the midst of our settlements.
An outrage such as the above,
would, iu our opinion, authorize the
ordering out of the militia of the fer
rilorv, to chastise Hie aggressors.
But who is to do it? Governor Mil
ler is absent in New Hampshire—
and Mr. Crittenden, Secretary and
Acting Governor, is absent in Ken
tucky. Neither of them is expected
bad; for several tn-mth*, & we douh*
w hether there is any person in the
territory, who is authorised to or
der out tlie militia. What is to be
done in this dilemma ?
Another difficulty arises, from
the almost total unorganized state
of the militia. W hose fault is this?
W hat has prevented (lie organization
of the militia? Ihe territorial go
vernment has been in operation
more thun four year*- —militia offi
cers are appointed in each county
but we doubt whether their ares iwo
counties in the territory, in which
the militia are regularly mustered.
W eare, indeed, placed to rather
a critical predi ament, and we hope
measures may be speedily adopted,
to extricate ns. Uc do not, it is
true, apprehend any immediate dan
ger—hut the best way to prevent
danger, is to have the militia well
organized, and prepare to meet it
in its worst shape.
F, b —Since the above was in
type, we are informed that two
suns of Mr. Imkean, residing about
a mil* below this plane, have just
returned They belonged to ahu <-
ting party, under the direction of
Mr Banique, of Arkansas pout),
who were bunting in the neighbor
hood of M jor McElmurry’s party.
They, also, have been attacked ad
plundered by Ihe Indians, and some
of their party kilim! We also learn,
tha* the imbeans have heard from
some us the men beloogiog to Maj ir
M c Klmurry % party, wuo wore sup
posed to have been killed.
THE TILLAGE PRINTER.
“Who seeks to please all men each way,
And no hunseif offend;
He may b-gun his work to-day;
But God know* when’twill end ”
Vid Epigram.
A doctor, a schoolmaster, and a
printer, are three as prominent es
sentials ?o the establishment of a
village of the first Mass, as a ’squire,
a tavern, and a hla ksmtth, a" to
one ofthe fourth or fifth. The prin
ter in the primative times of our
country was usually left out, but
rioer age and general diffusion of
light brought him gradually into the
service, and increased his charact
er and estimation so mu h, that he
ha 9 at last he ome of as vital conse
quence as cither of the others. If
time allowed of comments of this
sort. I might he led to say that (
view this iympf m of the germi? of
our countrymen as a trait of great
a*d unquestionable promise i t a po
fiti al and moral p-iot of view. But
with these things I have nothing to
do, and therefore leave the subject
as I found it.
In a respectable village which
was g* owing into noli-e, ami which
was located not ma >y miles from
the Susqtiehauoah, some years ag*,
the inhabitants, being stricken with
the prevalent sentiment, erected a
pre*s, and procured from the city a
genuine graduate of the type, to
tuke charge ofthe concern. Thi*
wa* (he first introduction our hero,
YViii Sutton, had to the country.
He was young, and withal, an hon
est and ingenious youth, of a mild
and gentle temper, and but little
i-killed in (he intrigue and de option
so current in the world, with which
hi* hasty transit from the shackles
of apprenticeship to tlie p;sl of a
publisher and an editor, hud allow
ed him no time to shake hands.
Flattered by the blaze of what look
ed like the opening i.f a splend.d
prospect, he, soon after enteretl on
liis new duties, relieved the original
proprietors of their burden, ami as
sumed the responsibility of the con
cern himself.
To become popular, in other
words to please every one, is, per
haps, the first aim and the freshest
hope of every inexperienced and vir
tuous mind. It is so beautiful in
theory, and the road appears at first
go plain and easy that he never
dreams of difficulty iri succeeding
in tlse practice.— Will determined
therefore to take every body’s ad
vice, and wherever advice dashed,
to choose the medium between the
two extremes.
He commenced his paper by giv
ing Hie greatest variety possible, &
proffering the mo9t liberal terms,
as much as to say, pay me when and
how you can. People were much
pleased With the first numbers, and
many good feiks took turn at his
word, aud sent in their names, lie
set this down ns mp*e
future success, and built abundant
hopes upon it; hut sundry printed
written nod verbal lampoons
reused him frrftn his dreaming; o no
of his brother printers not f ar ’ ,j llw ;
taut had !< st a subscriber or tu®
through hi* ngency, and. as his bo
dy was cut of reach, his
neighbor contented himself with
desperate attempt to slip the
round Ids character, and ha? g j*
to infamy. This was (lie first m>**
that honest M ill saw ihrotigh, whit||
staggered his faith and
hi* oredulitv.
lie rubbed his eyes and looked a[
it a moment, then concluded
Iv* if 1 offend hut thi* fellow, whoso
motives are broad ar.d palpable, ancj
who cannot deceive others, | mflv
still accomplish my aim: PH s*
down a* a cypher; I’ll s ill he pop.
ulttr.—T wo or three weeks Haptrdl
ad the buz of a hundred l.usv
friends begun to hum u/on his
—’oo mu hos tins—ow much off
that, and not enough of anotl.r?
description of master; he listened—
lie was perplexes—it was the medi.
um he had been pursuing; h<w
should he now act. He at Usi made
up his mind; wholly excluded th 6
desciiption of matter that had tii
fewest advocates, and increased the
quantum of other kinds; ad zen or
two were ti!l left complainants,at.d
as he could do nothing with them
he set them down a* cyphers with
(lie printer; with th*£jK epii*n9
he still resolved to bo-
Next came in one of his worthy
neighbors with a lampoon in big
hand for an e *eui v of his, aid po
litely request insertion Hut
ton sa*> a predicament
staring him in the
lished it, lie should ihjake a power
ful man and a host of Vonuexi *n§
his enemies—he reasoned the mut
ter ver with himself, and conclu
ded to refuse it an insertion. Tlie
author be ame outrageous; he and
Isis friends urned their faces againt
the printer, and poor M ill was soon
compel!* t! to odd at least half ‘ll zen
cyphers to his already lengihrrtd
row. Before thi* had hedonic rml
oo his memory, a flock of bird* flew
Reioss hc village, and the opinions
of the pe* pie heeume divided on the
question whether they were wild
duck* or geese Hutton published
the fH"t and gave his opinion that
they were tin ; the geese party
called him a fool, a catch-penny, a
*f:"ggle , and a pupy ; ii almost
despair he added a dozen and a half
cyphers to the account he was keep
ing. But when he looked at that
account even now, it bore a small
proportion to the population of tho
country, at and he concluded that ho
would at least eventually please a
gr‘at maj rity of the people if ho
could not succeed in pleasing all.
Even in this, however, he was un
fortunately disappointed ; election
times came on : there were tw* can
didates for governor, and Sutton
wa* put completely at his wh’send.
He ko w neither of the candidates :
to the matter of their p ditics, as
they were both represented io be
plain, honest sterling paints, he
could not conjure up an objection,
and both pasties demanded his exclu
sive assistance, Wha* was to ho
done?—He stood neutral a little
while, until he found himself rapidly
g'ing Oil of favor with h th par
lies, Tlie crisis demanded a change
of policy. He accordingly made a
hold push and with the strong
est party, cotnequently he broko
with all the others, made a few warm
friends, and very many bitter ene
mies. Will saw now the blighting
of all his prospects ; he did not
change his resolution however, hut
confined his hopes to the pleasing of
the party whose cause he espoused.
Surely, he thought as he -vfghed
over these vicissitudes, I shall keep
these for whom I have made this
great sacrifice, in my interests, and
insure their good will.
But the time now drew nigh,when
to please his oreditors, it was neces
sary to collect all the money duo
from hia customers. He owed for
paper, a ?d ink, and rent, and types,
and presses; and these must be paid
for,— The collector wa* rigged off,
and sent on tlie rounds ; two weeks
brought him back—with about ten
per cent oo his acoounts. and with
the uews that Messrs, A. B. and C.,
&e. including a hundred or two
names, wisbud their papers stopped
if (hey were to be duaoed in this
way.
•* Alas,” said M ill, as he sat
down in Ills office door, in utter de.?*