Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-10

the Senate renlaised full, there was no hone
that their decision would be reversed But
the instant Senator who was known 20 have
voted against tle nomination leaves his sss,.
the President, msaafg taking adYantage OF his
sbseace, again urges the nomination, and
accompanies his purpose by the casting vote
OF the presiding ofiiser The whole affair is
unparalleled 10 Y history of our Cove rnmcnt.
We repeat, it was ttif9g, tote Trick, and
would have been disdaincd by truly high
minded man.
This affair can be viewed in a more serious
light. The Se,aats did net .'sdvise and con.
sent" to the appointment Of Noah. They
rejected him. lie has been Struggled thro'
since bis rejection. We conseientieaslv be-
heve that he cannot legally hold bis office
Will the country longer submit to outrage
upon outrsseg-.4ier. Gag.
The following is an extract from the speech
of Mr.. BURNETT, of Ohio, in thu Senate of
the Z States, upon sle report of the COM
mittee on the pedtioa of Revolutionary PEN
sioners:
When il was discovered that was ost of
order, was about TO state that in f77f, five
years before the DESTINATION Of Independence,
Kentucky; after residing there two ysaN, DO
went 10 Pittsburg, where ne joissi the exps.
ditioa OF Lord Dunmore, and was in tho con
tested, the bloody battle OF the Point, whore
hundreds on hundreds fell. Ksnton, howov-
err, was spared. and when the expedition VAS
over, returnedto ksntssky, whore hs sontn-
ued to reside, and IN tina numerous Indian
wars THAT succeeded, was ono Of the most &C
tive and efficient defenders of the couatry.--
For twenty or thirty years, scarcely battle
was songat, an expedition carried into tho
Indian ceuatry, in which keatos didnot eth
er command or take distinguished part
lie vas ia the three campaigns oS General
CiaIh, northwest of the Ohio; he assisted IN
tae capture of kaskaskia, after which he was
sent with dispatches by General Clark, The
Indians took him prisoner at Vineennes, and
casrisd him to their villages on the Miami
They ksswhim well, they had often rast him,
and as oitsn had ielt the vigour of his srna.--
|; was decided in council that Kentoa should
pun ths gauntlet in its NEST savage mode,
under cireanstassss which almost prohibit
ed the possibility Of escaping with life; hut
he sucsssded In passing throsgh the Savage
raaks without falling, (Which would have
been the signal OF immediate DEATH but hack
cd and cbspped in the most barbarsas man
Rer: TO the astonishment of every body he
survived. The squaws healed his wounds,
and be was taken to Detroit While there,
Colonel Edgar, who is now in this city pros
ecutng claim before CongrsN, discovered
who hs was, and generously purchased him
from the Indians, and restored him to bis lib
srty. Ksnton returned to Kentucky, and
WAS afterwards in several expeditions against
the Iadians. III ono OF which lao was again ia
ken prisoner, bat fortunately again made his
Ifa IN tha If
the unfortunate st Ciair, in 1901; and when
the late war came on, though his head was
then white with the frosts Gf sixty winters,
ksnten narehod az a volunteer with tho yen-
cradle Shslby--was with General Harrison
at the capture Of Fort Maiden, aDd in the
battle Of tho Thames Early in the war he
joiasd the standard Of Governor Msigs-
commanded re giment Of Militia--marched
to the relief Of Fort Wayne. and continued
in active service to the end OF tina war
While he vas stationed at Urbana, an occur
renee took place, which, OF itself, ought To
imfnortallze his name. VIXEN dstach aren't of
tho troops resolved on slaughtcring tho
friendly fsdians who had taken shelter within
oGs lines under the proclamation OF Gsnsral
Harrison, for tina purpose OF preserving their
neutrality with safety, Ksntoa threw himself
between tie parties, upbraidsd the militia with
| cowsrdes told theIa he had tss remnant OF
life left, and that he was resolved 10 give
| that remnant in exchange for hs life Of he
| frat man that should lift an arm against the
| lndians--he succeeded, and tho peacsable,
| deienceless iRdians were saved.
| Sir, | became acquainted with this man
willis attending the GoDeral Court OF the
northwestern territory, at Marietta, in the
ysar 1896; be was then wealthy and lived in
aiflusnse. | myself hare partsken of his hos
| pitalsy. lodged under his roof more than
thirty years ago, when The western country
was comparatively wildernsss, and whsn
| was accustomed in common with other tray,
oilers. to lodge on the srousd on my blanket
Ii was notorious faat that bis house wa.
open to all Every traveller who came int
his neighborhoed was iavited and pressed Il
his mansisn, and treated with the kindness
of frisad AND ihs hbeFality Of a prince
This man. sir, is now in abjest poverty, De
psAdiag Tor subsistence ou the charity Of ,
sou 10 law, who is himself poor, and depend
for his owe subsistence on ths cultivation 0
! small piece OF ground. Its on bshalf o
this yeteran--shis aged patriotic veteran, nov
/, on the verge Of the grave, that bays solicit
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