Crawfordsville Record, Volume 4, Number 48, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 7 May 1836 — Page 1

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JLi J "liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable." Volume IV. Nujiber 18. CRA WFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, M AY 7,1830. Whole Number 204.

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wise they will be continued at the expense j of the advertiser. Letters on business must be post-paid. ANCIENT CAVERN. On the Ohio, twenty miles below the mouth of the Wabash, isacav-l ern, in which are found many hie-1 roglyphics and representations of! 111 " 1 1 SUCH ueimeanous, as wouiu muueer i i i : 1 1 I ine ociiet tnai men- auuiors were,

indeed, comparatively refined and uho had infestcd itj in the upper civilized: j walls were found the skeletons of It is a cavern in a rock, or ledge ahout sixty persons, who were supof the mountain, which presents it- j lo have bcen murdered bv sell to the view a little above the j ,,10 of Wilson. But the towater of the river, when in flood, ; kens 0fantjqujt v, which are found

and situated close to the bank. Injenravcd on ils sj(cs wiihin, are the early settlement of Ohio, this ! tnnrQ nrinna nnd imnnnnnt

cave became possessed by a party ot Kentuckians, called the "Wilson gang." Wilson, in" the first place, brought his family to this cave, and fitted it up as a spacious dwelling, erecting a sign post on the water's edge, on which were these words "Wilson's Liquor vault, &, House of Entertainment." The novelty of such a tavern induced almost all tlie boats descending the river to call for refreshments and amusement. Attracted by these circumstances, several idle characters took up their abode at the cave, after which it continually resound-!; ed w ith the shouts of the licentious,1 the clamor of the rioters, and the blasphemy of the gamblers. Out! of such customers Wilson found no difficulty in forming a band of robbers, with whom he formed' the plan of murdering the crew of every boat that stopped at his tavern, and sending the boats, manned by some of his party, to New Orleans, and there sell their loading for cash, which was to be conveyed to the cave by land, through the states of Tennessee and Kentucky ; the party returning with it being instructed to murder and rob, on all good occasions on the road. After a lapse of time, the merchants of the upper country began to be alarmed finding their property making noreturn,and their people never coming back. Several families and respectable men, w ho had gone down the river, were never heard of; and the losses became so frequent that they at length raised a cry of individual distress. They naturally led to inquiry, and large rewards were offered "for the discovery of the perpetrators of such unparalleled crimes. It soon came out, that Wilson, with an organized party of forty-fiv e men, w as the cause of such u waste of blood and treasure that he had a station at Hurricane Island, to arrest every boat that passed by the mouth of the cavern, and that he had agents at Natchez and New Orleans, of presumed respectability, who converted his assignments into cash, though they knew the goods to be stolen, or obtained by the commission of murder. The publicity of Wilson's transactions soon broke up his party;some dispersed, others were taken prisoners, and he himself was killed by one of his associates, who was tempted by the reward offered lor the head of the captain of the gang. The cavern measures about 12 rods in length, and five in width: its entrance presents a width of eighty feet at its base, and twentyfive feet high. The interior walls .1 1 mi are sraootn rocKs. jne iioor 'is

J very remarkable, being level thro' tbo whole length of its centre, the ! gidgjising in Stony grades, in the " .r te f '

' UIS SI"'' V" "l i tre. On a diligent scrutiny of the walls, it is plainly discerned that wind) nave no reseinmance to any now known in natural history . This cavern is a great natural curiosity, as it is connected with another still more gloomv, w hich is situated exactly above; united by an pcrturc o about fourteen leet: tfi ascond whicb is Iike passing upa lm Cy, while the mountain i s yet J ' aoove Not long after the disMOPC:nM n,i rrnCt r ihn hhnr arrest ot than the mere description of the cave. In this cave, it appears, that in addition to numerous familiar animals and devices, there are sketched on the rock the figures of several animals now extinct; among which are those much resembling the elephant, the tail and tusks excepted. It would be passing the bounds of credulity to suppose the artist w ho delineated those figures, would represent no less than eight animals, ditieivntin their configur ation one from the other, which had in reality no being, and such as these had never been seen. FKOX THE KNICKERBOCKER. M Y GRAVE. When I am dead, O bear me not To rest within the hollow tomb; But rather to some peaceful spot, Where earliest flowers of summer bloom : And not in yonder crowded cell, My flesh with broken coffins lay. Where shadows of oblivion dwell, And sullen silence wraps the clay. I would not that my wasted dust, Years hence, unfeeling eyes should scan: i To mark the ravages that must Bring down the pride and form of man; Nor would I that some busy friend, With curious eye, should in me trace The meanings that decay doth lend, So fearful to the altered face. I know that to the wearied bones It matters nothing where they lie: Whether beneath the vaulted stones, Or srrass that bends to evening's sigh: Or whether round them drips the wall In greenness and sepulcral damp The thoughts of these are idle all, When blotted out is Being's lamp. When blotted out are we from earth The chasm made so soon filled up; When others sit around our hearth, And drink of our relinquished cup; When cold and senseless sleep we on, Though nations totter to their fall: And calmly rest while worlds are won; Unheeding strife forgot by all. It matters nothing yet it seems Unpleasant fellowship, to be Shut up with things, that in their dreams Of terror, men may only see The livid company that sleep Within that chamber of the dead; The solemn tenantry that keep Their mansion, to corruption wed! Away away! I would not shun The welcome summons to the grave; If faith be kept and warfare done, Nor sweeter freedom to the slave Than death to me yet would 1 fain Lie down in some secluded dell; There, till by trumpet called again, On mother earth to so slumber. A base attempt at fraud, in the packing of six bales of cotton, was recently exposed at Nashville. The -unusual weight of the bales created a suspicion in regard to them, and on opening them they were found to contain about 1,200 pounds of stones, oak logs, &c. I he good cotton in the bales sold for only thirty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents. N This is something worse than- wooden nutmegs in

ON SUCKERING INDIAN CORN, &c. The following extracts are from the pen of a praclial farmer. We do not think that the usefulness of an agricultural paperdepends more on communicating new discoveries than on reminding farmers of what

they already know ; and on calling up ideas that will sharpen the faculties of observation and reflection. The following extracts will illustrate our meaning. Gcncscc Far. "It was the former practice in this neighborhood carefully to pull all suckers from Indian corn. This operation is now entirely abandoned; nature is left to do her business in her own wav; and farmers have the pleasure of gathering some more bushels of corn than they otherwise would, besides saving all the labor of doing worse than nothing. Providence always acts wiselv.and why should we, by our cunning, cheat ourselves? I hope that my countrymen generally will soon be rational enough, and exhibit common sense enough, to abstain from docking horses, suckermg corn, and so forth, "It is deemed best where corn is intended to be cut up, to let the crop stand till it is nearly ripe, remembering, however, that the work should be done in time to escape the frost. The fodder is considered better,and the grain is absolutely so. "Good management requires thai nil refuse vegetable matter should be conveyed into the barnyard, to be converted into manure, Jind thence to be returned to the soil, which we so often see impoverished by the wretched plan or, rather, all want of plan of permitting weeds and other refuse stuff to lie neglected about the farm, while the cattle lie about the lanes, or in the public road; and I have often seen (he fields yielding not more than a pittance as a proper remuneration tor the slovenly manner of putting in the crops," A fair hit. A young aspirant for literary and fashionable distinction, w ho had in vain laid the foundation for what he hoped would luxuriate into a pair of whiskers, asked a village belle, what she thought of them ? To which siie replied, with much naicetie, "They are like our western country extensivelv laid out, but thinly settled." 'What upon earth does Governor Badger mean by appointing his "Fast" so early in the year?' asked a wonder-stricken quidnunc, as he rose from the perusal of the proclamation. 'Mean? why, replied a friend of his excellency, 'he means to have it over with before it is ascertained that Isaac Hill is elected governor; because he thinks the state will be past praying for alter that time!' Dozer Enquirer. A young fellow, whose father had lately died, went to the county town, and going into a clerk's office, asked him if he was the judge of the reprobates? 'No,' said he, but I am judge of the probates.' 'It is all the same,' said he. My father has lately died detestable, and left seven infidels, of which I am the eldest, and I want to get out letters of condemnation to diminish the estate as fast as possible. The great and apparently unaccountable delay of Congress in making the necessary appropriations for the payment of the current expenses of government, and more especially to pay the bills drawn by the distant agents and officers of the government some of which, it is reported, have been protested has caused very general, and, we fear, too just complaint. Some explanation is certainly due from the representatives to their constituents

for this omission lo pay just claims when the treasury is full to overflow - . J ing; and money so scarce as to

cause general embarrassment toab ' ever exhibited any public charges against most every class of business men. j its administration, or privately complainBallimorC Gazelle. cd of itS Penality or malevolence. 7- . , 74 7 w I Oliver Evans once said to the Jarthquaue at Ainbonna.-S o, ,. c . . A . . ,--1.1.0 . 1 r.i editor of the Register, that the time arc indebted to Cant, r urber. of the , n 11 r o . c .1, i would come when every person able ship iJary, from Canton, tor the , , , , 1 . 1 o" .....f i on,i t, ! to build a house costing ten tnouJava Courant, of Dec. JO1I1. Iti , , ,, , 1 a , 1 ,1 r sand dollars, would provide himcontains some particulars ot a ir . . ' . 1 . 1 jr. 1 .1 1 i-t,i se f with a steam engine, as a part dreadful earthquake which took 1 ,. c. , ! i 1 i .1 -i ! of its furniture, to wash the clothes, place at A mboyna, and the neigh- . . ' c e 7 k ; 1 1 .1 r . i scrub the floors, etc. &. boring islands, on the first of No- riM .' , , I 1 t - Ihe following seems to be an vember. At Amboyna the princi- , , c tt , ,rr r- 1 approach to the lul hlment 01 Mr, pal shock continued Jo seconds. i ' 1 , , A... , . . 1 , 1 Evans' prophecy. A lies1 le"ister A great manv buildings were des- , ' J . ,r n 0 , . . .- " ,. Variable steam engines. .Mr. Gough, an troyed or injured, and many lives engineer of Salford, has constructed a porwerc lost. Fifty-eight men, WO-! table steam engine, to which he has at-

men, and children, w ere killed bv ; .1 f ii- c i ii- t V the falling of a budding inside of, Fort Tictoria. 1Y, Y. Journal oj Commerce . COL. CROCKETT NOT DEAD YET. We are much gratified in being able to inform our readers that Col. Crockett, the hero and patriot, it is said, is not yet dead. This cheering news is brought by a gentleman, now in this city, directly from Texas, and who left the colonel, as he states, three weeks ago, at the house of his brother-in-law in Texas, where the colonel was lying quite ill but gradually though slow ly recovering from his wounds. Tho gentleman who brings this news is known to a number of our citizens, who believe him to be a man of veracity. lie states that

unci it.it u nu itio imiin , .1 . , . ' I captation of steam power to these purposground at ban Antonio, covered jcs ami others to which the engines we with wounds, and, as the Mexicans are speaking of might be applied, is sesupposed, dead; that after the Mex- !conJ on'y to tho self-moving power alrea;o,v Ii-il ..hnnmn,! .!, iil-i-. lY ivcn in these machines. Liverpool

, . 1 li Crockett was discovered bv some ot his acquaintances to be lying arnnnnr tho slain, still e!iihifmr sio-ns of life. He was immediately taken care of, and conveyed to comfortable lodgings, (as before stated) where his wounds were dressed, and every attention necessary to his recovery paid him. lie had rcceia ' n n ved a severe gash with a tomahawk! on the upper part of tho forehead, j a ball in his left arm, and another through one of his thighs, besides several other minor wounds. When the gentleman who brings this intelligence left his brother-in-law's house, Crockett was doing well. Candor comnels us to sav that .l.nn-,. mn.u. i n i nrrhn hi I i i r.o i . . i i c i . ; relation to the truth of this report ;; nut toe respeciaoie cnaracicr 01 tne gentleman who savs he saw him with his own eyes in the condition and under the circumstances above stated, induces us to give it credit. We have, neverthcless,some doubts of its truth. We give the story, however, as the gentleman represented it, and we sincerely hope it may prove entirely authentic. It is either true, or the man who has detailed to numerous persons in this city the above statements, is a lying villian. It is due to him to say, however, that those persons here who personally know him, give entire credit to his statements, Cincinnali Whig, of April 23. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Post, says "Washington, March 15, 1836. This is Gen. Jackson's birthday. He is sixtynine years old; and will leave the presidency at three score and ten. He is not only the last of the patriots that finishes the dynasty of the revolution, but the last of his race not a drop of fa's blood runs in any human veins!" l.l .11 i I The editor ofthe Nashville Transscript, bears the following testimony ofthe upright and impartial conduct ofthe managers of the United States bank, which, we believe, will be responded to from every part of the country where "the monster" has transacted business: As a commercial agent much has been

said againstjh e ban k.Ju t we., da .jicdLr&J!J!'

J member to have seen or heard that any ! ch,bcr of commerce or any respectable : merchant, or any body ot merchants, at ;anv ofthe p!aces where it had offices, has

tachod a very simple apparatus for lifting dead weights from the hold of a ship or u luu the top of a building. The engine, with its machinery, is fixed upon a carriage with four wheels, so that it may be removed at pleasure to any particular spot where the power is required, and when removed will perform its duties without being attached to the soil, being in this respect as independent of the soil as the snail or the tortoise, who carry their houses on their backs. If uset1 in aid of manual labor, in the construction of a large building, a block of stone, or any other hcavv mass of matter, mirrht be raised & lowered into the exact place prepared for its reception, as the machinery admits of giving to the body moved either a perpendicular or horizontal direction. The fire is so constructed that all the caloric gencrated is expended under the boiler; hence the consumption of fuel is very trifling, and the lire itself is so securely guarded as to admit but of little or no chance of danger on that account. In the loading or unloading of vessels, the engine might be placed either on a quay or the deck of a shin with the greatest facility. Tho a1 .. Plandard It is said that the sum of twenty-five 1 thousand dollars has been charged by Mr. ; t i i .Lav illusion, ior me management ui ine great case between the United States and the city of New Orleans, by which the latter gained one million of dollars. An immense emigration is expected at New York, in the present season especially of mechanics to rebuild the burnt part of the city, with forty thousand Irish laborers! The New York Evening Star says That the money market in that city continues very tight, and that stocks are goiii2; down. A cam Money is now worth twelve per cent, per annum, on undoubted security. I The Charleston Courier says: We learn that a letter received by the last maiIs rrom Mobile, mentions that operations in cottons had bcen momentarily suspended, in consequence of a run upon the banks lor specie, and that some sales had been subsequently made, at a reduction of from one to two cents per pound. Bicknell's Reporter repeats that the pressure in the Philadelphia money market is gradually passing away, but that no important or very perceptible relief will be experienced until the government determines the appropriation of the surplus revenue. For the last two months money in Philadelphia has readily commanded from one to two per cent, a month, with stock as security. The "marble palace," the bank of the United States, Chestnut street, Philadelphia, has bcen publicly sold for three hundred and ehty-cight thousand dollars, to Thomas P. Cope, esquire, for tho use of the stockholders of the United States bank of Pennsylvania. The biddings for it were spirited. It is a splendid property, Connecticut. The late election in this state has resulted in the complete success ofthe Jackson party. For governor Edwards (Jackson) 20,107; for Tomlinson, (whig) 17,269. For the senate, 17 Jackson men and four whigs. For the house, 133 Jackson men and 73 whigs. Virginia. There are about 100 counties in Virginia returns have been received from 23 only. In these there have been elected 17 whigs, and 13 administration; giving a nett gain of two to the former. The election will, probably, be closely contested. Attempts to fire the city of Boston continue to be made. Great riots have happened in Philadelphia caused by the sale of a part of a grave yard, on Arch street, and a removal

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