Olive Branch, Volume 2, Number 78, Rockville, Parke County, 5 December 1840 — Page 2

OLIVE BRANCH.

ROCKVILLE.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1840

CARRIER'S ADDRESS. The Olive Branch will be furnished for one year lo the writer of the best New Year's Address for our Carrier. It will be required to consist of not lees than 50, nor more than 150 lines, and to be handed in by the 25th instant. We would have pleasure in awarding the offered premium to some pogenius of our own village, or county, rather than to any one residing elsewhere. The present year has been fruitful in themes. Genius of Poetry, awake! awake! We are requested by T. A. Howard, Seand M. Noel, Treasurer of the Parke county Seminary, to state that a meeting of the Trustees of the Institution is requested on Saturday the 12th instant, at Rockville. Important business mikes it necessary for the Trustees generally to attend. REMOVAL. We have this week moved our office Southof the Court House, to the upper room in the West end of the building occupied by Messrs. Cummings and Adamson as a Hat Store, where it will remain permanently. This situation will be very convenient to our country friends having business at the office, and they are invited to call. They will observe that the entrance is by the stair way on the out side of the house at the West end. We are happy to say that we are now in comfortable winter quarters; and, if our friends will excuse some unavoidable neglect of our edi'orial duties for a few weeks past, & till we get things righted up after our remothey shall then see us fairly at our post. "Civis" is on file and shall appear shortly. The gentlemen whoso names are containin the following list, are respectfully so licited to act as agents in procuring and forwarding the names of subscribers to the Ol

ive Branch.

J. VANDOYNE, Esqr. ) Highland, Ver-

A. HARRIS, P.M. }million co., IA. Mr.--Corder, } Thomas Huff, Esq.} Newport. Wm. Bales. Esq., } S. Collett, Esq., Coleman's Prairie. Those of our subscribers who have

promised us country produce in payment of

their subscriptions, will confer a particular favor by delivering it soon. Winter is now

coming upon us with its "thousand and one" demands; and at this time, when numerous.

important matters of general interest should engage our thoughts, we would like to exentirely all ideas of freezing and starvWo are now prepared to receive the follow

ing articles; WOOD, COAL, HAY, CO RN-

MEAL, FLOUR, BEEF, PORK, TAL

LOW, LARD, &c., at the customary marprice. We hope our friends will bring us a sufficient supply. PORK. A drove of hops. numbering 1426, was

brought over from Kentucky yesterday.

and driven through the city to; the slaughtehin the northern suburbs. They were the finest drove we have seen this season. They were purchased, we beat $4 50 and $4 75. Cin. Gaz Popk.-- Packing Pork has commenced in this place, at about$4 371/2. we under.

tand; about the same at Lawrenceburgh,

and about $4 75 at Cincinnati. Several droves of hogs have passed through this place for Cincinnati. What hogs there are in the country this year are good. Corn is plenty, and stock hogs scarce. Matters are so unsettled in the monetaaffairs of the country, that it is difficult to say which way prices will tend. Brookville Am.

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL. Van Buren. Harrison

EARTHQUAKE,The Philadelphia Inquirer, of Monday 22d ult, says, We were visited on Saturnight, between 9 and 10 o'clock, with an extraordinary storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid lightning. Shortafter nine the buildings in various parts of our city trembled and shook for several seconds, as if through the agency of an earth quake. Many of our citizens were alarmed, and the pause which immediately succeedthe shock, especially to those who were in situations of quiet and repose, calculated fully to experience the terrible sensation was marked by a feeling of awe and solemWe have since been informed that the waters of the Delaware were agitated by a heavy and unusual swell at the same time;

Alexander Adams Bond Bureau Brown Boone Clay, Clark Crawford Calhoun Carroll Cass Cook Christian Clinton Champaign Coles De Kalb DeWitt Du Page Edgar Edwards Effingham

Fayette

Fulton Franklin

Greene Gallatin

Hamilton Hancock Henry Hardin Iroquois Jasper Jefferson Johnson Jersey Jo Daviess Jackson Kane Knox Lawrence La Salle Lake Lee Livingston Logan Marion Montgomery Macon McLean McDonough McHenry Menard Mercer Morgan Marshall Macoupin Madison Monroe Ogle Peoria Pope Pike Putnam Perry Rock Island Randolph Shelby Sanga mon Scott Stark Schuyler Stephenson St. Clair Tazewell Union Vermillion Wabash Wayne White Warren Will Whiteside Williamson

424 1352 551 279 434 222 338 611 392 133 69 315 1989 147 417 141 695 197 316 373 720 212 207 645 1347 542 1175 1286 557 661 86 132 175 178 727 440 360 680 337 774 541 597 1638 267 230 78 167 573 520 377 531 427 271 374 193 1293 183 812 1184 563 266 767 268 1037 151 331 224 817 751 1249 575 154 611 241 1783 661 636 587 254 500 639 524 1367 236 321 493 578 47,176 45,537

299 1617 513 434 301 220 218 667 421 213 244 397 1034 89 326 154 1109 175 293 428 783 311 52 442 1253 71 870 500 126 1313 162 154 154 78 210 109 517 1079 210 810 740 676 1080 281 241 85 260 175 311 250 683 472 346 434 315 1533 209 632 1704 370 491 744 391 1149 259 174 426 715 408 2000 685 687 732 371 989 1181 78 1044 509 205 770 711 753 375 789 149 103 45,537

Dem. maj. 1,939 BIRNEY, the abolition candidate, recei159 votes.

TENNESSEE OFFICIAL

The vote of Hancock is averaged in the above table.

Earnestness in Preaching. The enof Rowland Hill's manner, at times, and the power of his voice are said to be

almost overwhelming. It is related of

him, that once at Wotton, while preaching, he was carried away by the impetuous rush of his feelings, and raising himself to his full stature he exclaimed, " Because I am in earnest, men call me an enthusiast, but I am not; mine are the words of truth and soberness- When I first came into this part of the country, I was walking on yonder hill: I saw a gravel pit fall in, and bury three human beings alive. I lifted my voice for help, so loud, that I was heard in the town below, at the distance of a mile; help came and rescued two of the poor sufferers. No one called me an enthusithen; and when I see eternal desready to fall upon poor sinners, and about to entomb them irrecoverably in an eternal mass of wo, and call on them to escape, shall I be called an enthusiast now? No. sinner. I am not an enthui

ast in so doing: I call on thee aloud to fly for refuge to the hope set before thee in

the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

PENSYLVANIA Governor porter, of Pennsylvania, has issued a proclamation declaring that the Electors favorable to Gen. Harrison, in that Stare, have been chosen. W Courier.

EAST TENNESSEE. Harrison. Van Buren. Anderson 627 228 Blount 1188 630 Bradley 467 791 Bledsoe 645 202 Claiborne. 632 733 Campbell, 481 328 Cocke, 917 80 Carter, 837 99 Grainger 646 Greene 1032 1559 Hamilton, 607 472 Hakwins 198 Jefferson, 1811 131 Johnson, '398 49 Knox 2096 314 McMinn 1055 924 Monroe 923 9238 Meigs 416 Marion 135 Morgan 211 161 Polk, 195 338 Roane 1047 545 Rhea 174 Sullivan 828 1376 Sevier, 926 45 Washington 891 1081

18,095

11,812

MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

Bedford 1878 2156 Davidson 1959 1275 Dickson 257 Fentress --- --- Franklin 845 1461 Giles 1190 1242 Hrdin, 19 Hickman 600 Humphreys 150 Jackson 1181 380 Lawrence 165 Lincoln 831 2532 Maury 1489 2025 Montgomery 1101 990 Overton 658 Robertson 1167 650 Rutherford 1697 1484 Smith 2657 689 Stewart 180 Sumner 764 1748 Wayne 494 Warren 514 1934 White 1201 386 Williamson 2017 682 Wilson, 2550 870 23,540 22,167 WESTERN DISTRICT. Benton 43 Carroll 1361 252 Dyer 240 Fayette 233 Gibson : 854 Hardeman 134 Haywood 238 Henderson 1041 Henry 852 1079 McNairy 429 Madison 774 Obion 85 Perry 433 Shelby 950 681 Tipton 73 Weakley 195

7,493

2,769

NORTH

FROM THE LOG CABIN. BEND.

To my fellow-citizens from New Orleans to Downingville, and from Salt River

to the Lake Waters, up and down the

country, and cress wise:

Fellow.Citizens: -Ever since the world

begun--all the hunts and chases tell'd on in all parts of creation, han't been only a mere flea hunt to the rale Fox chase that

has just been completed in the Uuited S

by the grace of God free and independent,

at last. It has been known to every body, that for the last,ten years it has been impossible to hatch eggs, or raise poultry, or to trust

any thing at large of that natur-- night

arter night and day arter day --nest arter

nest and chicken arter chicken, was des

troyed by the foxes, and they got so bold

and brazen at last they would come into the poultry yard in open day, or any where else, and kept the hull feathered tribe a kackling pretty much all the while. At first the folks got traps and dogs; but it got so at last, that the foxes got so nu

merous; it was just as much as a dog s life was worth to attack 'em-- and folks began to despair--especially as it was found that all the younger foxes got their directions from one rale sly fox, who as yet never had been track'd, or trap'd, or driven to his hole; he was every where, in every

State almost, at the same time. And

wherever he was reported to be, there it was found all the other foxes was most knowing and most impudent So it was concluded that it was no use to try & trap the common run of foxes, but if possible, make a general rally in all the States, and give chase to the old fox, es pecially-- and not give him up till he was run to his hold, and then dig him out-- for it was thought if he was only caught, all the rest would be pretty scarce. Well, this matter being agreed upon, the first thing next to be done was to select a good long-winded leader of the chase--one who would not give out, and whose horn would be heard furthest. And so we all agreed upon Old Tip--and we got him pretty well mounted, and he sounded his

horn, and its echoes went up and down ri

vers, and acros valleys, and over mountill folks all about creation got well acquainted with the sound-- and on a givday, they assembled at all their stations, and put in practice the few general

rules of the chase, capering a little round,

and having a few sham chases, jest to get nimble-- and then on a signal from Old Tip's horn, they all started, and sich a chase at I said afore, as then began, the hull created world has never before seen for it was an everlasting wide and long country to chase over, and no one know

ing yet where the fox would first break ki-

ver all hands at first went to work beatthe brush. The first track was struck

in Louisiana, and about 3000 give chase there and run him out of the State-- and he streaked it away North J as hard as he could clip it, and knowing all the se

cret by-ways, escaped till he reached the

State of Maine

The Maine boys were wide awake, and

as soon as they struck his track there,

they raised an mighty shout and headed

him off. He then sheared on to New Hampshire, where they are pritty much

all foxes--& there for a spell took breath.

But hearing the coming shout he struck for Vermont, in hopes the "Green Mounwould furnish a kiver--but they were all awake there, and about 8000

folks jined in the chase, and he remained no longer in Vermont than he could get out on't. Well," thinks he, "this is prittite work, and I'm off South agin, for they must be friendly to me there, seeing as how I tell'd all the foxes to be civil to

the Southern Chickens"-- and so he slipt

along to Georgia. The Georgia folks, however, not liking the natur of the breed

had already called their fox hunters toand on the first show of a track they all opened, and about 5,000 give

chase there in a most noble stile, and he

turned tail and run towards the middle States. In passing through the old North State of Carolina, he finds things too wide awake their to stop a minit-- and iust so

it continued all the way through Mary

land, Delaware and Pennsylvania--though he bothered the hunters plagily in Pennfor they don't understand fox hunting much in that state-- except in a few counties, especially in Bucks county.

and that is the reason why in that county they always have good poultry and plenty on't. So he continued North. In Connecticut and Rode Island they gave him an amazing close run--and no time to stop or double, and amost caught him . As for Massachusetts, he knew pritty well he stood no chance there, and so you see but one strait chase across-- & taking a bite in New Hampshire, he tried for New York and run considerable well along the Hudson-- but such a howl as met him in the west was a thiverer for him. and he sheered off for Ohio, but that

was out of the frying pan into the hot ash-

es ana looking around rum and seeing an ready in the States-- some 10.000, some 15.000, some more, some less scouring the country round about and prepared lo track-- thinks he "its no use-- to the vic tor belongs the spoils,' was the doctrine of my party, and I may as well go for it to the last," and he made a dead track to the Log Cabin at the North Bend with about 30,000 Buckeyes after him, & Old Tip at the head on'em. I was standnear the door and I seed him coming, and now thinks I-- here goes for Log Camercy and hospitality, and I opened the door and in he streak'd-- and just then un come Old Tip all of a lather. He is

safe," says I, "Gineral we have got him snug at last," "Well." says the Gineral to his friends.

"fellow-citizens, the chase is up; the old

fox is in my possession, and I hope you

will be satisfied that the major and I will

take good care of him, and give a good account of him. He is not in condition

just now to be held up by the tail--he

has had a hard run, and is considera bly soiled; but he'll do no more harm--let

all go home and let their poultry out as in

good times, You win not be troubl'd by foxes for a good spell to come, and if you

are, its your own falt, not mine;" and

with that, all join'd in three hearty cheers

for "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too."

J. DOWNING, Major, &c. From the Baltimore Patriot. FREEDOM AND PURITY OF ELECTIONS. We made some remarks in our last,

touching the healthy, restorative action of the one TERM principle, as about to b

introduced in the Presidential office, in

preventing for the future, the

of the general government from being brought into conflict with the freedom of elections. This is in itself a great measof reform, and it will be greatly aided

by the corresponding action or practice of the one term executive, in letting it be known to the subordinates of every grade to the federal office holders, whose

name is legion, that the business of influ

encing public opinion, and of operating

upon the freedom of elections, will no longconstitute any 'portion of their duty. On the other hand, the office holder unthe reform administration, will be to devote himself exclusvely, as such, to the business of his office-- cautiously abstain-

ing from all efforts to practice upon public opinion in reference to the elections,

and leaving to the body of the people to whom it justly belongs, the right of pass

ing upon the conduct of their agents, and

bringing them to bet judgment of the ballot, boxes alike uninfluenced by the threats and bribes of POWER. The healthful reforms, doubly healthand necessary, from the existing and crying abuses, pertain in their application more particularly to the National Execu tive. And to their direct and thorough

application from and after the 4th of

March next, the country now looks for-

ward with full confidence-- not doubting that the distinguished&veteran head of the the administration, who has been faith.

ful in all the past, will be both prompt and

faithful in carrying out the great reform principles lo which he is by his life and conduct pleged. and which are so near the hearts of his friends and his country' friends But while awaiting these healthful reas to be interposed in due season, through the agency of the National Exand the new system of adminisof public affairs, to be introduced, there are other measures of reform, in re gard to the purity of elections, for the ac complishment of which we must look to the

several States, and to their legislation, re

spectively. Among the reforms, to which recent abuses and rumor of abuses, cespe-

cially point, as necessary, is that of taking order for the prevention of the system of "colonizing," as it is called, in view of a

coming election, and for closing the door.

so far as judicious legislation may render

practibie, against the introduction in one election district of a State, the votes of those who belong to another. So far as different States are concerned, the needful and most efficient remedy would seem to lie in such a modification of the election laws, as would fix the State and Presidential elections,as they occur, on the same day, in all the States. If the general election ; or the Presidential electook place on the same day in all the twenty six Stales of the Union, it would go a great way in preventing if it did not cut up by the roots, the corrupt practice, of which we have heard so much in thes latter days, of introducing votes from on States to infest the polls, and swell the ballots in another State. This reform appears to be easily practible, & the exof its beneficent influence is certain ly highly necesesary. Though no frauds of the kind have been commited still it's just aswell to close the door against such frauds For truly may it be said' that such is th importance of the ballot box, in a repre. sentative government that its purity should not only be sedulously guarded against, but be placed if possible, ABOVE SUSPICION When there is no constitutional impeexisting a little State legislation of the simplest character is all that would be necessary to bring about this reform And where the fundameutal law of a State might place its veto upon such a system of reform, a due consideration of the abuses that might grow out of holding important elections in the neigboring

States, on different days would probably

lead to the conclusion that the value of

the proposed reform would even justify the removal of such an obstacle. Our conclusion is that wheresoever the real FRIENDS of the FREEDOM AND PURITY OF THE ELECTIONS have controlling power of the necessary legislation, the reform which is involved in the fixing of electhroughout the country on the same day, will, so far as practicable, be'honestand promptly carried out. The friends of good government, we may confidently count on, before hand, as in favor of this measure, as indeed of every other just and practicable measure for guarding the inte-

grity of the ballot boxes. They, it is cerhave long believed that gross abuses were annually practised by the adverse parties upon the purity of elections. Un.

fortunately, however, the friends of good government did notalways possess the npow-

er necessary to impose the rightful and

efficient remedy, or possessing it for a time did not always retain this useful power, But now, it must be admitted, the case is altered. While abuses of the electiv

right were generally thought to be chiefon one side, it was perhaps asking too-

much of the side, to which these abuses were rendered subsidiary, to lend its aid in a real and hearty effort for their correc tion. This would perhaps be to much of a tax upon poor human nature, especially as embodied in partisan politicians in electimes. But now, when from recent

developments, and cospiracies, the ad

verse party appear to suspect that fraudsthe ballot boxes might probably be practised by both parties, there is good hope that both parties will unite in th

necessary measures for their prevention.

At an events we hold that the period has arrived for affording a test as to the real

wish of politicians and parties. The leg-

islatures of the several States, will as they assemble doubtless take order for interpe-

sing additional guards to the freedom and

purity of elections. And after the abuse and rumor of abuses of the elective fran-

chise, that have been sounded throughout

the land, during the recent campaign, be must at once and forever be precluded from all color of right or title to the name of friend to the purity of elections, who opsuch measure of

withholds his active efforts for their adoption .

The population of the state of Con-

necticul is according to recent census, 310,-

131. Increase in ten years, 12,420