Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-06-21

army ABOUT hve O'Clock in the afternoons
we arrived at Sycamore Creek, the place Of
action; and here language is inadequate to
describe the scene. Dead horses were the
first object which met our view then the
mutilated remains of the lnen, scattered in all
directions, many with their heads taken off
and scaIped; others were ripped open, their
hearts and bowels torn out, their arms, feet.
and hands taken of, and scattered over the
prairie; their bodies torn and mangled in a
shocking manner many of the parts of diff
ferent bodies were taken away which have
not been found. All this presented a scene,
from which our citizens turned with horror,
it being too shocking fOrllnmanityto behold"
We proceeded Immediately to collect and
bury the various parts Of those manglpd no.
dies, and then to search for the enemy. We
spent that night and the greater part of next
Gay wlthour arms in our hands securing the
country, but the Indians had escaped. 1t ap-
Peared that they had left their village in haste,
leaving their dead and part oftheir effects be-
hind them. 1t was impossible for the army
4 to follow them Immediately, for want of pro.
visions we accordingly returned to this place
last evening, where our stores have lust ar
rived, and the troops again here with nothing
to satisfy their hanger
f. The following extract is part of the report
Of the proceedings DC the Senate at Washing
ton, a few days ago.
Mr.. Tazewell inquired if he had under
stood The Senator from Massachusetts cor
rectly as entertaining doubts Of the pswer of
the States 10 create State Banks?
Mr.. Webster replied that it was now too
late to question power which had been &C.
quiesced in by the different branches of the
Federal Government for these forty years.
But ifthe questionshad been originally PIT to
him before such acquiescence, he should have
expressed greatsdoubts on the subject. He
then referred to the clauses of the Constitu-
ton which prohibit the States from coming
money, and reserve to the United States the
exclusive power of regulating the currency,
and making issues gold and silver; and H.
ferred, that, If the Constitution thus cautious
" excluded the States from issuing metal
lie currency. II never intended that they
should authorize the issue Of that which is a
representative Of The metallic currency. The
States had been INDUCED with the power of
creating banks for forty years, and now they
demanded to make that power exclusive, and
TO tax the branches of the United States Bank
established 10 their limits, for the purpose of
establishing an uniform currency.
AtAts ~ ObSyI u dShcU IG udQ UNDERSTOOD
the Senator from Massachusetts as stating
that the States had the right to tax such OF
their citizens as held stock in the United States
Bank, on account of that stock
Mr. Webster replied in the affirmative.
INF Forsyth replied that if that was the
case, how was it commended that thex8 IA
millions Of stock held by foreigners Were to
be considered as not liable to taxation?
= Mr.. Webster replied that, by the comfy
Of nations. the property of foreigners was
held free from taxation. Why did we not
tax the loans of the Earrings to the Ohio ca
nal, or the Holland loan to the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, or the Pennsylvania loan
1t is the understanding between nations not
to tax private property in peace, or TO conis-
cate il y, war. We may hold stock in the
funds Of Great Britain, but we are NOTABLE
to taxation for that stock."-Boston Gaz.