Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 July 1833 — Page 2

-Ti rril 'il ,v.v: i i:!J.v .ir I A' , ik::s. It may be thought by many unnecessary to urge the necessity of a vigorous effort to provide means for the improvement o( the Wabash river, but when we reflect how long this important work ha been postponed, and with what apparent apathy the people of this county seem to treat the undertaking, it may not be use less to call the attention of the jmblic to it. We are well convinced, that owing: to the uncertainty of our navigation, may be traced the dormant, stand-still situation of Knox county, and all the other counties adjoining. We have heard and seen the unparalleled rapidity with which the country north of us bordering on the Wabash ha been settled; in a few years a lonesome wilderness has been converted into a thickly settled and well cultivated country; the sceptre has departed from Old Kni'X. the seat ot emt !d Knox, the seat of empire has travelled towards the polar snows, anil the tide of emigration still continues to flow enward in the same direction . Al'h-Migh no country can exceed the Tier th wes'ein part of Indiana infertility of soil, salubrity of climate, and natural advantages, we are of opinion th?t its prosperity and precocious growth is owing more to legislative enactments than to any thing else. The contemplated canal ai d (he Michigan Boad have induced many to move to this "el dorado," am' the deserted taints and uncultivated wastes ol the Lower WaKash is the consequence. We would not wish to be thought envi ou? of the prosperity of this section of our country--far from it. We are glad of it, and feel proud that the Ho -zier state is assuming that rank in the American Constellation of states, which nature and nature's iod entitle her so assume; but we do think it high time to attend to our more immediate interests. Charity begins at home generally, but in our case it has not "We have for years neglected ourselves in our anxiety to benefit our neighbors, and our side object in penning this article is to rouse the people, if poss-.ble, into action; to induce them to make a long pull and a strong pull, and a pull altogether, in the cause cf the improvement of the Wabash river. We believe that the necessities of the people require additional circulating medium, by means of a State Bank on a solid basi, and that this measure would add much to the prosperity ami wealth ot our country, but we consider this as a small consideration compared to the all important improvement of our navigation, and we hope that the people, not only of thi county, but of every one on the Wabash and White rivers, will arouse themselves p.rd proclaim their wishes on this subject, and send men to represent them who are not only willing, but able to give effect to their just demands. By tho last St. Louis papers, we have accounts of a tremendous storm which raged there on the night of the 27lh ult Cieat destruction was committed in the northern part of the city, and the loss to individuals has been great. No lives xvcre lost, but some individuals made hair Iueadth escapes. It is now a considerable time since we have been visited with one of these tornados, but w e do not recollect for years, a season when thunder, lightning and rain, were so prevalent as the lucsent. We have received a number of acrostics for publication. We presume the author is anxious to see them in print, but notwithstanding our desire to please and to receive original matter, we have concluded not to publish them, as we doubt the propriety of an ao'-mymous author lining the names of young ladies as the subject of his labors, (or wit.) to tiiFhjblic. Some persons opposed to my election hav e made and circulated many falsehoods, one of which, I am advised, merits a pub lie denial, because the names of two ot our most prominent citizens are involved. and tend to give the appearance of tiutb to the charge. A respectable citizen of Widner town ship stated in Mr. Wheeler's Store or. Monday last, that it whs generally believ ed iu the upper part of the county, thai (he Seuators llendricke. and Tipton, and:

1, had each received one thousand dollats is a bribe to conceal Dr. Cauby's riefalca tion at Craw fordsvillo. The charge is so absurd that if is Strang !o imagine how it could have found belie v ers. The characters, the station, and th

known wealth of the Senators Ilendri ks and Tipton, would satisfy any one on re flection as to them Tor myself, 1 can only state, that on the 'Jd day of August 1832, I reported to Louis McLtine, Secretary of the Treasury, that Dr. Canby had in his hands, 18th July, 1832, 18,072 60 cents, and that he only produced to me in specie, " S5 00 U.S. Hank notes, 1. 685 00 $ 1.770 00 Shewing him a defaulter loth July, 1832. 16,302 CO. This was my official report, copied into my letter book by Mr. Fields, then a tu dent in my office". This letter book will be shewn to any person who will call at my office. If more proof is wanted, let the Secretary of the Treasury be request ed to furnish a copy of my letter of the 2.1 August, 1832 He will do it, for Mr Duane i an honest man. If my enemies will dispute my statement H my slanderers will deny the evidence of my letter book, let them apply at the Treasury Deparment for that letter. SAMUEL JUDAH. July 3 1, 1833. From the Cincinnati (iazette. the wtnsTKK dim:k. The dinner to Mr. Webster, on Wedne9 day as "hat in the language of truth ""S" c . V""';"1,1 aUa,r- very,

thing passed off well The company wasthe county of Durham, and about five

full to oveitlowiug, an I no unpleasant in-jmiles fr m Newcastle, owing to a dread cident occurred to mar the general hilar ful explosion in the B. pit in that colliery, itv. The Mayor presided, the Reveiend by which forty sven individuals were inWm Burke made an invocation to the jehuitly deprived of lite, besides many who throne of grace, at the commencement of (received severe fractures and contusions, the festivities; the dinner was a good one; (This colliery is on a most extensive scale, abundant well prepared the wines aw from its complete ventilation in every but in them 1 h ue no skill Mr Webster, part of the workings, was admired by all was called out for a speech, at the 6lhiho.e engaged in the undertaking. On toast. I' w as well conceived and happy ; 1 1 tie morning of the day the accident hap natural in all its aspects a little tltu-r ;pened, it iiad , as usual , been caretully ex ing to the whole Went a little more so to amiued by the undervie wer and over men, Cincinnati in particular And y tt per-jand declared quite sate haps, nothing short of the whole truth. ; Atwut 8, A. M ., one of the over-men oh1 1 e has promised to furnish a sketch of ei vmI that a collier had pricked a blower it for publication, and we will not anti i- (a hole or crevice in the roof.) from which pate that sketch, by giving one from mere rt small quantity of inflammable gas issued ; memory. jhe instantly ordered the person to leave Oae thing it is right to fafe. lie most j that part of the mine ; and on returning, two feelingly declared his regret, that thejmurs alter, accompanied by the under

health of the country , the lateness of the

-eason, and the earnest remonstrances ol,but as a measure of precaution, ordered his friend- here and at home, imposed up (the safely lamp to be used instead of can nri him the necessity of proceeding no far- idles, with which the mine had been work ther west. He declared his intention to jed ow ing to the impurity of the air. The m.ike another visit at a time when he could (colliery consists of two pits. A and B, alpenetrate to the. great Mississippi, and though containing but one shaft, which dirmke himself m ie thoroughly acquainted jvides Ihem by a strong and formidable with the west. We subjoin the regular piece of Wood work, termed a praltice.

toasts, and such of the volunteers as we have been aide to obtain. Mr Barry declined joining in the fes tivitiee. in consequence i the visitation ot the cholera, among his friend, at Lexin ton, very properly considering that these ought to preclude him from being one ot festive boaid. REGULAR TOASTS. 1 The Piesi'lent of the United States 2 The lie. ids of Department. 3. The Federal Judiciary. 1 . The army and Navy of the United States 5. the memory of Washington. a rw ,iiet;n"M,.l.P,l ,iP.t th Hon Daniel Webster" the profound expounder of the Const.tution. the eloquent -nnport fll p. . , i it. ; i ,u er ot the reoeral Union, and thp unilurm i rv , ii. c(,, n , Iriendand advocate ot the estern Cuuni r v - tu r f i n nt,w; 4. 1 he Patriots ot tbe Revolution q Ti:.f0,iflr.ftf n,,n.rv J 9 Our Inend, fellow cil.zcn and guest, 1 Gen Wen Henry Harrison, identified with the warfare end irwl rrl.-irv nf" iJio

,,, . , . . 'ernoon.a respectable jury assembled, to settlement, prosperity ... ' , , , , , A,vvt e .... boh! an inquest on the body ot James OIiestern Count rv the, j

Lnroi. .ii,;.i. i,o .r.-.r, h-,ro I ivpIi won. and are cheerfully accorded. 10. The Press, when conducted hy learning and patriotism, a National blessinp; but in its licentiousness a curse to all mankind 11. Common Schools. New England has laueht us their value, in the fruits she has produced from her nurseries of science. 12. The Union. 'It must be preserv ed.1 13. The State of Ohio. May the devotion of her sons to the institutions of the country, keep pace with the improvement of her soil, theincroase of her population and the enterprise of her citizens. 14 The Fair, while they are for Union, we defy the world. VcH;NTEER3. By Daniel Webster. The city of Cincinnati. A heatiful illustration of the co operation between nature and art. Alay the prosperity cf her citizens be commensurate with their hospitality and en terprise. Bv Wm. II. Harrison. Daniel Webster. The true representative of the character and manners of his country. Skilled in all the labor of a farmer, (his original protes sion.) He is able to instruct the Chief Jus ice of England in the principles of the law vhioh are common to both countries, and to compete with Lord Chanceller Brougham, or any other Lord, the palm of elo quence, and in explaining the principles ol Good old English Liberty Sent by a Lady, Daniel Webster, 'Westward the eastern star has bent his wny, May vioie than empire bless its cloudless ray.' By T. Walker Esq. Daniel Webster. The Daniel cf his age. He may be cast

among Lions, as many as yeu please; but ' even there you will find him the master

By Marcus Smith. The Constitution of the United States. Ambiguous and obscure only to the ambitious and coriupt: when .sailed by such, may there ever be found ;tmong the People a Daniel who can interpret the 'jL-ritirig, By Samuel Findly. To him who yes tenia v came among a community of strangers, and to-morrow leaves a community of friends. By Stephen Fales. R. T. Lytic Esq ., our present Representative in Congress highly talented In social intercourse frank and generous, as ?. politician possessing a liberality and magnanimity deserv. iwg much praise; a worthy 6on of the ear liest and most patriotic Pioneers of the West. J Capt. Page, U. S. A. The day and the oecasimi when the City, like the Roman Matron, publicly displays the jewels of w hich she is proud. By Wm. R. Faster. Boston. The lit erary and scientific emporium of the western world whose institutions are so ma ny records of a beneficence unexampled in the history of the age, and only eclipsed by the spontaneous, and untiring hospitali ty of her sons and daughters. By general Borden. Our country and nothing but our country, AWFUL EXTLOSION IN A MINE. Forty-seven persons killed! On Thursday last, a most lamentable occurrence took place at Springwell Colliery, the 'property of the Jit. Uon. Lord Ravensworth and p; ntnere. near Wrcckinsrton, in viewer, he did not perceive any danger, About 2 oVlock on the above day, the neighborhood was alarmed by one of those 'dreadful explosions so peculiar to the coal mines in this district, and the above nam ed piattice was dashed to pieces, and ma ny parts thrown out of the mouth of the ajpit. As soon a9 the alarm subsided, parties ol brave, fellows volunteered to descend the mine, 126 fathoms deep, ant they for luntiely succeeded in rescuing several who were severely injured, and also found three dead bodies, but such was the havoc crv,i:ei by the explosive matter, anti the impure tate of the mine, owing to the tafier .lamp, that they could not penetrate I an considerable way into the workings, !a" at ven o clock last night, only eight !ot the bodies of the suflerers had been , , ... recovered, consequently 39 remain in the , . .mine, and with them the sad secret ot the catastrophe; not one hav ing survived to .. , , rt , , (UiV cloud of mvetery that hangs tover this dismal affair Great numbers ol 1"0! visiteil the colliery in the course .01 vrsteiuay; aim ai o o ciot-u m wie aiveT' il lad, who had been fouoddead j'V l"t, "here his father at the same time los, lns hte After hearing evidence, jury returned a verdict ol accidental , dealtl Aevcastcl Jour I . . ' A powder mill ot David Wade, near '"c.nnau, was u.own up on me zoiri, ny which accident, two men lost their lives, one of them was blown to a considerable distance and fell dead, shockingly mangled; the other died in a short time after the explosion. Three horses were killed at the same time. Robert Dale Oii-en, and Frances IVright. Several of our country subscribers have expressed a desire to hear something of Ilobert Dale Owen and Frances Wright. The former, as our readers have been in formed by our lit of passengers, has arrived in this city, accompanied by his lady, a brother, two or three sisters, and Mr. DWrusmont (Frances Wright's husband.) Frances Wright, we learn, had made preparations to accompany her husband to this country , but the sickness of her infant prevented it. It is her intention to visit ihe U. Slates as soon as convenient, probably next fall. While affairs in Europe continue in a state so interesting and uu settled as at present, they will not fix on my place for permanent reidence. Air. Owen and 'Ir. DWrusmont will leave in a few days for New-Harmony, at which place the former gentleman intends 'o locate his family residence . A. Y. Sentinel. The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, tut the harvest is reap ed in age by pain

Fran the Boston Transcript. COUKTERFEITIMi SICKNESS. A number ol charges were brought late

ly against the officers of the Connecticut State Prison One of them was that pris oners had been compelled to labor when suffering from ill health. A committee appointed to investigate the subject, have made a report favorable to the directors and superintendants, ot which we find a synopsis in the Norwich Courier. From this source, we learn some curious facts, relative to the charge above named. To decide when a person is really sick and when sickness is only feigned, is the most difficult part of the overseer of a large body of convicts. A convict in the old State Prison at Simsbury, could counterfeit several disorders with so much accuracy as to be able to impose upon the mostdiscerning. Frequently he would fall into a fit, and lay for hours apparently breathless, so perfect was his command over his faculties. Circumstances led the overseer to suspect that all was not right when, therefore, the next attack came on a small stream of water was so directed as to fall upon his nostrils: This had the desired effect, lie was observed slowly to move his head in order to avoid the stream and thus take breath: his stratagem was dis covered and he was compelled to work A culprit in New Jersey escaped punishment of his evil deeds, by so completely acting the paralytic that the court was deceived, and the rogue suffered to run at

large, wnen ne snouid nave ueen snui up,on 4tri Q( jiavto preserve the community from his dep vie uffiXTS 0f Ireland remain unsettled, redations. A work on Medical Junspru-'Outtages were still committed and arrests dence, published some years ago, containsma()e many accounts of feigned diseases; while; T,e ministerial plan concerning slavery the imitation were so exact as to deceive I jn t,e Vest Indies, has caused '-great ex. the most experienced physicians. One of ' citecnent and dismay" among nil whose the cases detailed is that of a young lady, prosperity ie dependent on these colonies, who frequently fainted at social parties, ;Tnc opinion H that they will be lost "to all and so perfect was her manner of acting, usefui purpose'' that "a wide spr ead that the deceit was a long time undetect- rujn an(j ,mrr,easurable distress will abound ed. It was finally observed that her limbs &c "i We think it very likely and, also, failed her when standing near a certain ;tmt t,ja rujn an( ,jS(reS9 will be extendyoung gentleman, so as always to he caught e(. l)Ut fee confident that, very soon, if in his arms as she fell. Alter the trick ;,)0t just now, the people of England will

..... was discovered, her health was perma nently restored.

A few evenings since, a young man in financial system with regard to the malt the employment of Air E S Adams in (ax, by a small majority in the house, of this village, by the name of Philo Matson, jcommons 162 out of 314 members presactm.lly twallowed a LIFL (i RJ1 T about ent; but their friends rallied, and reveisfour inches in length, mcni iintr the tail,;e(j that decision 285 against 131.

on a trifling wager ot Jifty cents: When fairly stowed inside, Matson remarked , th;it In- raship "as dodging about in his empty stomach" and instantly gu'.peddown two quarts of cider, to set him afloat. The deluged Jonah kept floundering like another ''arch fiend in chaos,1' till a huge tobacco quid rolling into "the middle," proved an uglv k'dead fall," to the 'Tat in the gentleman's kitc hen." Matson suffered no furthur inconvenience from this m'irvlliWK m 1 ovlormin'ifinn TMici kKsris no hoax, hut is susceptible of proof thatj would satisfy the most incredulous.-Ohio 1 qias A Western Sprout. Bcnj. F. Prichard, of Montgomery county, Kentucky, was bora in 1791 being at this time d'i years old lived temperately and labored hard in his youth served a tour of military duty, and was taken prisoner during the unfortunate campaign of Winchester in the north in 1812. at which time he weighed 200 pounds in August last he had increased to 450, and being still m a thriving condition, now weighs 483 pounds. A at Rcvub. Apologetic Mis. Trollope has recen' ly adiiiessed a letter to a lady in this coun try, in which she begs that hercorrespon dent will not entertain any unkind feelings in relation to her book upon the Ame ricans "I had a husband and eiht chililren to support, 'she remarks, "and found myself compelled to do something for their maintenance. This acknowledge merit was actually made, and has been mentioned to us from good authority. Phil. Gaz. The chains of Poland The adminis trative council of Warsaw, by a decree dated March 1st, has regulated the weight of the chains by which the Polish prisoners are to be fettered. All male convicts are to drag seven pounds weight of iron; women six! The father of rattlesnakes We saw a letter yesterday to a respectable gentle man, now on a visit to this City, from Arkansas, in which an account is given of the capture, and destruction of a Rattlesnake whose circular dimensions equalled those of a manV thigh his length is not stated. He carried fifty four rattles, and a button (the terminating rattle) measuring 12iuches in length. The Father of Rattlesnake? was killed about two miles from Fort Smith, by a sob dier. Phil. Com Herald. Buried alive . A woman, sometime dur ing this week, who was supposed to be dead, was prepared for the grave and put in her coffin, which was fastened down, but happily revived before she was inter ted, and is now, as we are informed, convalescent and likely to recover. We mention this fact more as a caution than for any other reason. St. Louis Times. Indian cure for the Ear Ache. Take a piece of the lean of mutton, about the size of a large w alnut, put it into the fire, and burn it for some time, till it becomes reduced almost to a cinder; then put it into a clean rag, and squeeze it until some moisture 19 expressed, tv hich mu?tbe drop ped into the ear as hot as the patient can bear it.

FOIIEIGjT wTH VV.

Fiom London Papers to the I3,"t .Vay. GREAT IIUITAIX AM) IItEI,AM. Sir John Cvllobhouse has resigned the office of chief secretary for Ireland, and bis seat in parliament, feeling that tf he retained it he must vote against ministers for the repeal of the house and window duties. In the house of commons on the 30th ult. Mr John Vey, in pursuance of notice, moved to repeal the house and window taxes. The motion was opposed by lord Althrop, who declared that their repeal would compel ministers to resign, and, after considerable debate, was negatived by the following vote which shews there is no present prospect of a change of the ministry : For the QiCtion 157 Against it 355 Majority 198 The Quakers' and Moravian's affirmation bill is ordered to be brought iu by lord Morpeth, Dr. Lushington and the solicitor general. Mr. Charles Buller gave notice of a motion for the 17th, on going into committee of supply, "to move resolutions declaring the oecessrty of immediate aDd extensive reductions in all departments of public service." The plan for the emancipation of the slaves it was expected, would be taken up - put au end to personal slavery in the West W MS Indies "come what may. ' The ministers were defeated in their The business of the London theatres appears to be a bankrupting concern. The influenzastill prevailed in London, and was spreading through the country, as well as in Ireland . The people call it the "white cholera " FRANCE. There is nothing of interest from France, HOLLAND AND EL;ii;M Remain as they were. The Dutch stocks had fallen at Loudon, because of the ob9,,naC f the ,n&' He 13 suPl'sed XoV?? frm. Ru"'B-",,d ,l 13 saw uiai zo.uuu men nave neen sent to wards Kiga, to assist him if necessary. PORTUGAL. The belligerant brothers remain nearly as they were. Nothing important has happened. Neither seems able todo much against the other. The cholera was raging at Lisbon but particulars are not given. ALGIERS. It seems, from some remarks that were made in the British house of lords, that the permanent occupation of Algiers, by the French, will be strongly objected to. TURKEY AND EGYPT. Paris, May 4 -The government has received news from Constantinople to the 16th of April. On the 30th of March, M. de Varennes, the first secretary of the king's embassy in that capital, set out for the camp of Ibrahim, with the amedji effendr of the porfe. He was the bearer of a hatti cheriff, by which the grand signior accorded to the pacha of Egypt, the investiture of the four pachalics of Syria, namely. Saint Jean d'Acre, Damascus, Aleppo, Tripoli, and their dependencies. M. de Varennes had instructions to obtain from Ibrahim that he would desist from his other pretensions. The negociations lasted four days. Ibrahim has renounced his pretensions to Diabekir, and to the districts of Alaza and Leftkeli; but he reserved the question relative to the district of Adana and Orfa, which will be discussed at Alexandria. In the mean time he has consented, at the request of M. de Varennes, to evacuate Asia Minor. His movement of retreat wag to have commenced on the 30th of April. This act confers on Mehemet Ali, independent of the pachalies with which he has been invested for a considerable time, the whole of Syria. A second division of the Russian squadron, carry ing 5,000 troops, arrived on the 5th April at the entrance of the Bospho rus; but it appears evident that the Porte had demanded that the march of the corps; of the army of Moldavia should be sus pe nded. It is said that Russia will require an indemnity ofTurkey, because of the movement of fier troops. An iron bloodeii rack Doctor John Mason Good, in his Book of Nture says, the blood of about forty men contains iron enough to make a good ploughshare, and might easily have its iron extracted from it, to be reduced to a metalic state, ami manufactured into such au instrument! "Have you any black silk?'9 inquired L. at one of our dry goods shops a few days since. "What color do you want, sir V asked the boy.