Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 September 1833 — Page 2

VINCENNES. SATURDAY, Si:iT. 11, 1833.

The veiy honorable mention made of us in an artirle over the name of William L Withers, published in the last Western Sun, would seem to demand a few words by way of leplication-at tet to those who reside at a distance, and consequent, ly must be unacquainted with the peculiarIv unhappy temperament of this individu al, and his notorious proneness to scatter indiscriminate abuse even on those who have endeavored to keep on the most jy;emy terms with him. Although we have never thrown the slightest obstacle in his path, we have no right to expect, and really c!o not pretend to ask to he made a solitary exception to his general rale on theecoie of friendship We like to o with the crowd, and, rather than

truckle for his good opinion, would be con- (abundant in juicy meals, delicious fruits tented to Ift him abuse us and wish us atjand vegetables, to which enhanced zest the devil, as he did all those who would nor was imparted by richly flavored wines ."

vote for him, when he was a standing can didate for almost every office in the gift of the good people of Knox It is not our

intention at this or any time to pot our Mr. Bailhache: , In your paper (17th inst.) I read the tie ves to any inconvenience in noticing; , . , ;,, J B remarks of L L. VN b republished lnm the srurrillous productions of such a scrib- lhe western Star. Lasi week I fotwaro. tier, neither should we feel bound to heed ed you some voucher on the subject, bav any thing he may think proper to say of'g thought it unnecessary fuither to di U?: everybody know9 talk he will with- jC"'9 ,l . . .... , r . , ... ' i I r ' 1 u,sn to ,e ur,ct L. E. H. a did not out rhyme or reason, until he is left w.th-read my fihort ske(cl ruMl?nd hvo ertl. out a singie auditor. When he get? into'ago. I need scaicely lepeat alt the par one of his ways, he may be heard holding ; liculars. in 1793 or 4, in Kentucky, the forth at the corners oi streets, and coun-itlvo first victims to the pukiog complaint, . . so called, yvere Messrs. Tompkins and tcrs of grog shops "id me dull washy FfmIer, on Bank-tick creek, on Licking everlasting flood," and it is yvith us as with river, Campbell rouuty, Ky. Since U'OG, most of his hearers, what he says comes. I have traversed the Vest from JHuskingin at one car and goes out at the ether, only ,m to Missouri, Kentucky, Ten,ltsste, , , , . Alabama. Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, &lc: caus.ng a hearty laugh-at hit expense. :.md wheiever lhe nM4 ai( kneaS or iukjng Like every garrulous old granny in the complaint prevailed, there I found the

country, he rielighteth in scandal, and is ever monopolizing the conversation, to . .11" "I.' 1 II .1 rlarrt II nnn I ha I i I t I a a .T f nl 1 iao n t nlh '

"""""i - a" ""'Valoos the banks of stream,! Who .lues crs, his overwec tng vanity not permit 'rK)t iinow that surh spring exist? All ting him to perceive that in doing eo he along the banks of the Ohio, and other renders himselt both disagreeable and streams, we have i'..uml them abunridiculous We appeal to those who have &ut "j.'1' ar!e'j tht" .uovance ot the tirsl settlers on su.h had the misfortune to be bored with 3 Streams, until they tyeie n.duced to use company if this is not his peculiar foible j the river ivater only. Docs this .prove his ruling passion his besetting sin, which i,hat lhe poison vine doe not produrn the . , , , , . . milk sickness A circumscribed knowwill keep him in hot water as long as he . ... . , . I O ; loil.ru rl ip rmin ri will fi I iv ; . u i.l..illir

lives. "The very head and front of our offending hath this extent1' that at the request of a subscriber, we inserted an advertise, rnent for which yve had a responsible name, who as well a? Joseph Vanmeter, will, when called on, be qualified a9 to the correctness of the statements contained in it, r.nd for printing which we were paid to our satisfaction. Wt have merely published what Mr Witheis himself doe9 not choose to contradict. He does not pretend to do it, and it is for the public to judge whether the certificate of Mr. Emison has proved, or was intended by the writer of it to prove Mr. Cutter "an abominahle liar" and 'a most infamous scoundrel"1 as Mr. Withers is pleased to call him. Those too, who are at all acquainted yvith Mr. XV can judge whether his very extensive blackguard vocabulary could not furnish him with many equally scumllou epithets to traduce the chaiacter of Gen. Myers or any other man he dislikes, without us ing the precise words 'villain' or 'rascal.' There is also a. possibility that he did use these very words, and Mr. E. neither have heard nor recollected it, for it is admitted by Mr Emison (whose veracity is unquestionable) that "Mr. Withers did make some remarks that he did consider derog. atory to the character of Mr. Myers," al though he does not recollect the words tillain or rascal to have been used by him Eut does this certificate or the mere ipse dixit rt Withers prove that Mr. Custer is "an abominable liar" and "a most infamous scoundrel'?" On the contrary, yve do know thai where this same Mr. W L. Withei- h as fln anlinafliv. fhfp nr rrmr.h coarsrr epithets are applied most unspar inglv. with a "sprinkling" of oaths, &c, and ihey who know him best look for them (coming from him) as mere words in couise. It is a fact that for your real vul gar viiuperative abuse, Bill Withers need net turn his back upon any Billingsgate iishwoman or Mississippi boatsman that evei lived Touching ourselves, he is pleased to ay that "if the editor of the Vincennes Gazette will open his columns to any and every travelling vagabond who may choose to slander his readers, will only say he ougbt to look to thKm alone for support ' ioueed! Aud pray what support do we receive from you Mr. William L. With

ers? None whatever; and if you really are one of our "readers," you borrow the pjper, for your name is not to be found on our subscription list, and never shall e? you pay in advance, or give good sesccurity for it. We think he should have cleared up hid character without lugging

us into his difficulties. We hazard ihese remarks regardless of the consequence, with the old adage about ''pitch defiling" staring us full in the (ace. The Boston Transcript of the 2 Itli ult mentions the circumstance of a young woman, a domestic in the family of Mr. Grindall Reynolds, who, while washing the outside of a window in the second story of the house, fell to the pavement, broke her leg, and died instantly. A public dinner was, on Saturday last, given to Geo. D. Prentice, Esq. editor of the Louisville Journal and Focus. Upwards of three hundred persons, it apIpears, "sat aown to a 'umpiuous umner, From the Ohio Slate Journal. MILK SKKNL5S, OINCi: 3IOHE. poison vine But L. npver saw a case f the milk Sit 1H ritl.aiv J t l'"i'll sickness! IIlj uftuol'.: rf ititikiWi writ imrw a limited, very limited view of such sub ..W . ...V- V-., ...... J ..... U. .. ..-UV.V jects L says the milk sickness prevailen on the Diy ridce of Kv ; (the ro.id fmni

Covington , opposite to Cincinnati, to Lex-1 ni-cipline, bad arisen among the society of ington, passes over this ridge.) iiue it Friends; which in the latter yeir produced did: but first on Bank-lick creek, Raven j a separation d" the Society. Prior to this creek, Eagle cieek,&c and as first stated, j 6eparalin lhe two parties were known by I travelled (his ridge in August, 1803. the appellations of ' Oi thodox' and llickfoundered my horse, had to walk, became site.' The first from their alleged adherthirst), could find no water, drank fiomjanceto the faith ol the early Friends: and Ihe wagon tracks where there were nu-! ihe la-t fr m their partiality towards Ehas merous spawns of 'tadpoles, and puked se 1 Hicks, a lavorite speaker with them, alverely; but could no more charge the wa -J though they also claimed to believe with ter of that high and healthy region ol j early Friend. Upon the separation dis country with it, than L. dare charge it j putes ab. ut the large propei ty held by the

upon the pure spring and limpid streams ! of the Mad liver valley L. cannot decide yvhether it be a mine ral or vegetable substance, that prouuees the disease; from what I have stated he'ot may attribute it to both lie states lhat , the milk sickness prevails in the yv inter. Truly it does. The cattle and horses then eat the vine. The cases which I staled in Judge llorrell's pasture and

meadow, in Clark county, proved this; dollars. This sum was part of a trust i iS ijie true faith, and what is not, aud even and innumerable other cass mignt be fund, raised by contribution in 1790, by 'gune so tar as to declare that a verv num cited. But the trip to Indianapoli seems the members of the meeting, and, placedjerous aud respectable society do not be to be the best effort. Hi travelling com-( under the control of Trustees to be ap lieve what they piofess to believe. The panion diank out of a certain spring; he 1 pointed by it. liendrickson was the next point is the glaring inconsistency the saw about this spring something like min- Treasurer chosen by the OnhonYx; the majority ol the Court hat fallen into, in era substances; and inquired of a boy ifjllicksite had since the seperation, elected! their zeal to promote the interests of a there was not the "sick stomach" com- Siacy Decow , Tie.isurer, w ho claimed j particular pally, declaring that the ma-

piauu ui mai region m countiy : lie re plied ,,yc5;1' and his companion soon complained ol having ii, "more, however, 1 presume, tmm imagination lhan reality." think so too Let me tell L. another story. In 1817, 1 was travelling yvith three medical gentlemen through Indiana. We were passing from Louisville to Vincennes. 'ivo i were theorists; one with m)se!i yvas a matter of Jact man In order to be a little particular, 1 refer to my dairy : 1 find "Saturday, Feb. 15, yve put up at the. widow Moore's,11 and ate a hearty supper on venison; I was very fond ol it. My friend li , one ot tbe theorists, a man of excel lent and general information, after supper stepped" uut, and, to wiite plain English, vomited most prodigiously. 1 became alarmed, rati out to his assistance, and asked him what yvas the matter. "1 had foigotten,11 said he, "that at this season of the year, that the deer eat laurel, which is poison " I replied, "but rny dear sir, it is a matter of fact, that there is no laurel in this country; and 1 shall not lose my upper tor mere supposition, for 1 shall nave to pay tor it." My friend tmiled, and walked into the house So that if L. nad used the same philosophy yvith his travelling companion, he might have reeved hiui from his afiliction, without the drniriistering so large a "dose ot strong purgative bitters" Lemg. therefore, h matter of fact man, 1 giveyacis, and facts only, to support my

1 wonder if L. is not a doctor? If be i is, I request him to visit the Mad river country, and callrn6ome of our most sueesslul, experienced, talented men of the Faculty, and they will doubtless give him further and fuller information on the subjert, and they will state facts to the point. A to myself, this subject is a mere matter of moonshine Vet to the community at l uge, it is a matter of vast importance. I read in some, papers an account of whole farms, well improved, having been abandoned in Indiana, for want of a knowledge of the cause of the puking complaint, which has made such havoc in the Wee tern Country. If the cause be discover

ed, the vine is the causp, I have no doubt, and mat be easily avoided. An ounce ot preventive is worth a pound ot cure. 1 hand you certificates as to tacts. Yours, respectfully, TIJ. S. IIINDE. August 20th, 1833 I hereby certify, tlial my lamer seuieu . ... . . r a i . jt

on the waters of Mad river, tour miles lie( of Friends aml were w,nmg to share noith of Urbana, on King's creek, aboutJthe .)r0Derly according to numbers the year 1801: that in harvest the cattle-pheir contest in this suit was only for their took the trembles; that the country vvasl9h;irP) an(, not fot lhc wnoe -titled some time before the cattle took v teni ,he cau?e came on ihe trembles, or the puking complaint was for a hearj l)e,()I,tie iate Ch.et Jus known among the people; that in cases of ice A,sociate Jugtice DraUe, cattle having the trembles and dying, he hltf nja8ler8 -f) Chjincei ltl tliejr manifold of the paunch was dried up; that 1 0(injon? fea(i beforc ihe Chancellor, both believing the complaint to be caused by a Jiu)ges COIlcurred in the power of the poison vine, we looked for it, gave it tO H;Coun tQ nqijire iult Uje reijgious doccalf, and next morning alter eating it, it . cnrie. iri older tf) 8etlle au(J

took the trembles. Each ot us chewed some, (myself and father,) and it caused the water to run fiom our stomachs, and we were seriously aiVected by it; we did not swallow lhe juice; no one in the countty believed it to be the water that caused the milk sickness. The vine described ty Mr T. S lliude, is the vine referred to by me. WM TAYLOR Champaign county, August 19 ti, 1033 We state that Thomas Paiker, a neigh bor of ours, from the information given by him, his cow. after eating lhe vine, died. ():ir f ilhei's cattle also died after eating it. Mr Schoonmaker and part oi Ins t.imily died with the puking complain: W. T., the undersigned, gave a dog a crock ot creatn left in the house: he ate it and died The crows, ravens, and t.uzzanls, that ate the carcasses of the cat tie at Scfioonmaker's, died. Ourbiolher, T Taylor, lives at the place, the watei is puie and uhoJctome. WM. TAYLOR, S. TAYLOR. August 19th, 1833. THE QUAKER CASE. Wc ha vp found, at length in n me of the New York papers, a tolerably intelligible account of the case which has recently occupied n large portion of their columns taken from the Trenton Emporium. This account states It is a matter of public notoriety , that from the year 1823 to 1827, a dilfeience of sentiment, either in relation to fundamental doctrines or important a: fides of Society niituta.lv arose, to determine one of which i' 1823, this present suit was brought into Chancery. A bill for relief wa filed in the Court Chancery by Joseph lltndiickson cornplamant, against Thomas L. Shotwell, de fendant, to foreclose a rooitgage given by the defendant to the pLmtitT as treasurer

ot the prepartive meeting of Friends ofihaving, with moie blodness than the

Chesteifield for the sum of two thousand: payment ol the money as the. proper rep-

resentative oi ine i rustees luetermme upon the leguiar business of Shotwell, who at that time was not a'the society; this would, in their opinion, member ot either society, finding himself, be highly" daugerous the minority must thus placed between two riies, for his own ahvays rule, or there is no safety to the safety in 1829, filed a bill of interpleader,' Church. desiring lhat both Treasures might he I . , , , . . brought into Court, and each party there; ,l ,IS stateU thaI thf "n judges who be compelled to make out his title to tlie' TO1tBeU t0 crQ lhe "Vision ot the Chan money. This brought the disputants face! ce"or ,are Fsby lerian-neUher of the . . . . other tour iielnnrrpd in that sprf

to tace in L-ouit, where the right o property was to be determined on the question, ''which is the true Society of Friends?" In order to determine this important question, the Couit received the testimony of the complainant Hendrickson in the; matter of belief. Without 6tating in de tail the docliincs of the two parties as given by this witness, it may be sufficient; to say that one party hold to the doctrine of the Trinity, yyhich the other deny, in. other yvords the dispute is oue between Priuitaiiaus and Lndarians orthodoxy and heterodoxy. Au-dher witness, Decow, gave an exposition of the creed ot j the Hickstle party 1'he orthodox partv endeavored to establish the points of their belief as set forth iu the ansyver aud original bill of Hendrickson its identity yvith the belief ot eHily Friends the opposite characters of the Hicksite docti ines and ih 'se entertained by early Friends that I c separation of the society grew out ol lhe attempt to -piead these spurious sentiments on the one hand and to suppress jit on the other and that tb,e ilicksiies

were unsound and unlike ancient Friends

in belief, and seceders by their owd acts that the society of Friends were never, in the meetings, governed by the voice of the majority but by the sense of the meet ings, gathered by the clerk. The Hicksite,or Unitarian party, main tained that their belief and that the early Friends yvere the same, and that they believed in the Scriptures, both of yyhich points they maintained in so many words, without permitting themselves in the most trivial particulars to be dragged into detail, expositions or explanations : that they yvere not separatists or seceders, but yvere composed of a majority of the Friends belonging to the Philadelphia yearly meet ing. That they yvere not followers of Llias Hicks, but of George Fox; that there was t,o power in temporal courts to inquire into spiritual things, and they therefore declined answering questions touching docti ines. They did not accuse the : Orthodox of bavino- departed from the be direct a trust leposed in that Society. On the main question as to which constituted the real Society of Friends, although lak ing different grounds, they both arrived at 1 lie same conclusion. The Chief Jus tice being ot opinion lhat the flicksite party had made themselves seceders by their acts; while Justice Drake maintain ed lhat they yvere a neyv sect, holding doctrines entirely repugnant to those field by the early Friends In conformity to these opinions a decree in Chancery was made, iu favor of the Orthodox claim: and upon which the appeal to the High Court of Errors, ju;t determined, was brought. After a long trial, in which il would seem lhat the ingenuity of learned and peiseveiing counsel had become exh.tust ed, the Court ot Enors, consisting ot eleven judges, decided in lavor ot lhe oitlionox party. The decision having been pronounced, the President made a communication, recommending to bth paiiies i speedy and amicable adjustment of their .iispules and difficulties by which he means, it is presumed, a reconciliation iu ihe points oi belief; lor tie had already settled tor them the difficulty as to pro perty! The Empoi ium says, the decision was listened to in biealhless suspense; and adds Although in the general discussion of docti lues, principles, aud cieeds, w hich this trial has elicited, some good or no good may spring: yet lioui lhe incessant roiling of eyes along the oulnoiks of the gallaiy and the continuous play of artil lery from theuce, yve apprehend many a heart bus been led into captivity ; and yve expect shortly to hear ot numerous suits begun in this cour, toeing carried up to that oi 11) men; which may make ihie tnl the parent of a thousand others. Perhaps this is what the learned judge intended by hi admonition to the p.uties to make a speedy adjustment of their difficulties. Judging, however, liom a communication in Ihe Weil' Yoik Enquirer, we appiehend there isyeieome disinclination to acquiesce in ihe righteousness of the decisbion. The w tiler thinks the uecmun will be rt versed by the irresisti b!e voice ol public upiuiou; and lie alludes to two points on yyhich the voice of cn. demnation, he tiusis, will be heaid thtoughout the land. The first is the establishment ol an ecclesiastical tribunal, to determine upon the religious opinions aud consciences of men. i he Couil p0pe ot Rome, ventured to declare yvhat jority ot a bociety must nm be allowed to ' SOUNDS MADE BY INSECTS. No insects have the power of producing sound by the mouth; they do not breathe through the mouth, and consequently have no power of producing sounds by that or gau. The sounds are produced either by the quick vibration of the yvins, or by beating on their own bodies, or other had substances, with their mandibles or their feet. The Sound of the bee is produced by the vibration of its wings in the air The cricket, when it is disposed to be merry, beats time witn its mandible against its head and horny sides in the same manuer as a human being yvhen m good spirits or idle, drums with his fingers on the table There is a sound yvhich has often struck lei ror into the souls oi the superstitious, and which is frequently heard behind the ceding, called the deathwatch. This has beeu ascertained to b, caused by a small species of yvoodbeetle, and most probably in the same way as the cricket produces its sound by boating yvith its feet on the tvopd .

SceSSi n Eliior's closet Editor solus. "INDEPENDENCE OF THE THESS." Well, a pretty days work of it I !:' 1 make. News, lhave nothing l'oliticstaletfl.it and unprofitableMiscellany, enough of it uiistillaneotis bills payable, and a miscellaneous !i-t nf subscriber?, with tastes as miscellaneous as tl.p fnnies of Habfcl. Ha! footsteps! drop.. tb;

first person sinsridar, and don the plural, we must now plaj the l.oitor. Enter devil ) Uopy ?ir. (Enter Ji.) I missed pijr paper this raornine, sir, I dont want to take it if (Enter 13.) There's a letter o turned upside down in my advertisement this morning sir! I I (Enter C.) You did'nt notice my new work, my treatise on a flea, tliis morning! You Lave uo literary taste! Sir you (Enter 1).) Sir your boy dont leave my paper sir 1 live in blind alley ; you turn nut of st, to the right, then take a left baud turn then to the right Again then p under an arch then over a kennel then jump a ten foot fence then enter a door climb five pair of stairs turn fourteen corners and you can't mise my dnor I want your hoy t leave my paper first it's only a mile out of Ids way it be don't I'll stop (Enter D.) Sir you have abused my friend, the article against Mr. us a candidate, is intolerable, it is scandalous I'll stop uiy paper I'll cane you I'll (Enter E.) Mr. Editor you are mealy mouthfed, you lack independence, your remarks upon Mr. the candidate fur (Jongres-s, are too tame. If you dont put on harder I'll stop myEnter F) Your remarks upon profane swear ing are personal, d - n you sir, you mean uie, before I'll patronize you longer I'll see you in (Enter G.) Mr. wc are very sorry that you do not say more against the growing sia of profanity. Unless you put your veto upon it more decidedly, no man of correct moral principles will give you his" patronage ; I ,for one (Enter II.) Bad luck to tbe dirty sow! of him, where does be keep himself? ly ihe powers, I'll strike him if I can get at bis carcass, and I'll kick him any how! Why do you fill your paper with the dirty lies about Irishmen at all! (Enter I) Why dont )ou eive us more anecdotes and sich Irish stories and them things I dont like long speeches I (Curtain falls. )- Lowell Jour. We thank the unknown friend who haa sent us a copy of the pamphlet, contain in? Gen Wa-hington's Letters to the Marquis de Chastellux, which was piinted at Charleston. S . C in the year 1825. yvith a brief but interesting memoir of Chastellux prefixed. If would he difficult to find any effusion of Washington's pen, devoid of intrinsic interest. It is not his name alone that forms the attraction and importance of any part of his yvritings. The tone and style of the letters to one of whom he seems so have been fond, arc remarkably happy; and the topics, both domestic and public, taken from event between 1780 and 1 739, will always com mand attention. The Peace Societies may be pleased to read such language as the following from such a source. JVat. Gaz. "While you" Washington say? to Chastellux, (April 2b, i788) "have been maleing love under lhe banner of Hymen, the great personages of the North have been making war under the inspiration or rath er infatuation, of Mars. Now, for my part, I humbly conceive, you had much the best and wisest of the bargain; for, certainly, it is more consonant to all the principles of leason and religion (natural and revealed) to replenish the eaith yvith inhabitants than to depopulate it by killing; tnose already in existence; besides, it is time for the age of knight-errantry and mad heroism to be at an end. Your young military men, yvho want to reap the harvest of laurels, care not, 1 suppose, hoyv many seeds of war are sown; but, for the sakeofhumanity.it is devoutly to be wished, that the manly employment of arri culture, -aud the humanizing benefits of commerce, would supersede the waste of war and the rage ol conquest, that the swords might be turned into ploughshare. ine spears into pruning hooks, and, as the scripture expresses it, the nations Icaiu war do more n The real Major Jack Dcwnin Therr is about as earer a curiosity to know uame of the author of the genuine letters of Major Jack Downing, as there u?ed to be about the letters of Junius They have generally been believed to be frora tbe pen of Zeber Smith, Esq. the talented editor of the Portland Courier; but wc have always suspected that John Holmes, formerly a Senator in Congress from Maine, knew the most about their authorship. We have recently been informed that he has acknowledged them to a member of Congress from iihode Island. JYc-jv England Jhvi'cw. Daniel Webster, when a young prnc titioner.had a bad case to manage in Court. He told his client, lhat there yvas one wiN ness against him, who if ,jC testified, would ruin him. "When the trial cornea on (said Webster) noint him tr Q " I he man was shown to him. sitting on an upper seat near the bench, in a crowded court room. Webster, with his withering glance, surveyed him from head to foot. ni......t ii i lie receuea a short distance. During the examination of other witnesses. Webster gave him another piercinglook. He removed farthpr tmvm.i door. Three or four more scrutinizing observations, looked the witness cut of Court. A", Y Gazette. Cast Metal Pianos.-ln Pari?, pianos bnvo been constructed, the frame work of which is formed of cast iron. These instruments h ivo :-een brought to such perfection, by MM fev. el Sc Co., that not only do thev rival but in mi ny particular?, surpass the nest English in?tru menu. The solidity of tbe frame work is o rcat, that they seldom set out of tune- and the sound-board, relieved frora those enormous ;ieces of wood witb which it was formerly . umbered, in order to resist the strain, posses u-ieh more elasticity, and second th vibration u the string much better. The tone of these ..stn,ments:s wonderful, boil, in power and. mellowness : and the mechanism is so perfect mat it admits ot tae most delicate a well ai ci' til? strongest touch. ai C