Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 September 1833 — Page 2

V jNCEN NES . s.vTimiAY, sr. ft. 2. 133.

THK MX! PRtMIU-NCV. Thit subject is undoubtedly engrossing too great a share of the public attention nt this time. At this early period, the claim of the venal candidates for that high office are urged with a vehemence m i perseverence. that argues little in la Y-r ot the head or the hearts cf their lespective partisan. Already are the r.ame of McLean, Van Buren, Cass, Johnr,in an-! Dr a ton presented to the view cf the American people in glaring capi-! ah n conspicuous competitors for the' m - presidential Chair. It is quite too soon to agitate this question now. The citizens of the United States scarcely recovered from I he shock of the last Presidential contest, require repose. We would .-rhise our friends and patrons to "lay on their oars," to use a nautical prase, for at ieast one year longer, and wait until all the candidates are regularly before the people, before they form a decisive opinjon on this matter There will then be enough of the lug of rivalry to satisfy any reasonable mind. Anlcine Le Plane, w ho was, at the last Morristown , N. J. Court, convicted for the j rr.ur.ier of Simuel Sayre, wife and ser-j vant, was executed, pursuant to his sen-J tence, on I nday t lie Ot li ot September. iot It is calculated lhat no less than twelve thousand spectators were assembled on the green to witness the horrid ?pe tacle. of which the majority were females How delicate ! From the last New Orleans papers, it appears that the Yellow Fever, which has for some time past prevailed there to an r.l arming extent, has not, as yet, in the least abated. TO PRINTERS. A go.td. gober and industrious Printer, y applying immediately , will meet with constant employment at this eluce. Light! work end moderate wages. Frcm the National Intelligencer . DANK QUESTION NO. II. If there be any one principle in Govern ment more sacred than any other, it is, mv ... lllrm till, "Hit I, II f,- o.-orr. f., r1. . ,, t.iat, in every form ol Government, t lie i u"""",ll"li c-iverc-nty resides in the body of the i Peor.le In ibp mnnarrl.i.. nf V.nna

tlie principle is practically acknowiedged. h"""' T' him"'cr and though in theory denied Kin-, take! !,retl0:, 'muah these end of good j N ausemond jM-nth, afford Ihe finest ancare" to hazard no important movement! Grmmcnt had been less plainly enumor-jchoMge in the wo. !d,and in them all its oawithout having the people on their Piio!;ikd' ?T Ue ( "u1,,"n ha(l , eon ?,lent I V,C' " e V,,,I, P"t safety. With If the monarch errs on v in hi, in,Pn. I uron the sa,Ut,the duty would not there la view of making this a secure retreat for

n, ro the minion tho .".Ip nt trr?, ;n cot avert the consequences. Wp have ' ..... rPM, tbisinularlv il .it r.-. fori in ,U ,.ii level j 1P , j receat deposition of i hailes X by People of t rance; ami all Americ nl.iiiderl the Rpvr.Inf inn ivl.iK o !,.! ronqtirnce of that Monarch's listenin-j j evil counsel, m or position to the wishes j of the Prople The time has gone by when a King would dare lo tell the Representatives of the People in the Parliament of England. a9 James 1. did. that all their privileges were derived from hi grant, and that therefore his will ought to bp law to them. There, also, the Pen. pie are Sovereign, and now know their own rights; through their Representativethey give law to the King, instead cf bi will firing the law for them. Il it be true, in ceneral, that the people of a country are sovereign it is emphatically true in the Government under which we have the happiness to live The Con Stitution of the United States confers on certain officer and bodies of men, selected from the People in prescribed forms, various powers which the' exercise inde pendcDtly of the people, for certain periods To Congress is given the power to make laws, for enumerated purposes, and to the executive a qualified control over that power. This controlling authority, better known now by Ihe name of :he Vt.to. is that power by which alone '.he Caral expect to compass the down fall of the Bank of Ihe U States They have no other reliance on which to found their calculations of success, than their confVier.ee that the Preside nt will oppose In single voice on ibis question, lo lhat ol ihe whole body of the People, as ex preyed through their Representatives. The Piesident has done it once, thev argue, and he will do it again Whether will, nr will not, we shall not here inquire. Our business is not iow with the Prident, but with the Cabal Under their importunities an Agent has been appointed (o treat with the State Barks who presumes so far on success from the manoeuvres and intrigues of the Regency folks, as lo declare before hand, in ef. feet, that the Senate and House of Representatives go for nothing in Ihe Govern ment. 77jcrr opinion is of no confenuence in the matter, one way or other The G-rerr,tnent. the Agent intimates, has settied question. V hat may be Ihe decision of the two houj, s of Congress on this subject when they come together, can at pn sent miIv be - miectured. We know vci well what tv? the cHnhr; of the last Congress on I

the subject. W"u know tLcl the Election? which have rr.nM recently taken place indicate a change of opinion among the People, where any change is perceived, decidedly favorable in the Bank. We do not ourselves doubt that a majority i" both Houses of Congress will he opposed to the wanton destruction of the National

Currency On this point, the Cabal are of our opinion ; and they are now engaged, might and main, justifying the President. hv anticipation, in nuihf ing the " ill ot the People, by the exercise of a power never conferred upon him lor lhat pur .... 1 1 - . . pose. liny are conspiring to induce mm to commit an act which woubl be, were it to occur, a high misdemeanor against the Sovereign authority of this nation Whatever donht may rest on the intention of the President in relation to the Bank question, there can be no doubt, in ny rf,aaona,e m:in's minH, what is the intention of i';e Cabal, and what cftect thr-v are laboring to produce. We remember to have heard one of the most eminent of our statesmen observe, not lone: ao, that it w as a remai kable thing, that the Veto power of the Execu tive waone of the most valuable-features of our Government, and yet the power had never been exercised but to th? public injury. In the first branch of this opinion we cannot concur. The Veto power, as it now stands in the Constitution, has. on the contrary, in our opinion, been demonstrated by actual experiment to be a radical vice in our political system. It is easy lo account for its getting there: the frame rs of the Constitution, afraid of the fluctuations of a popular assembly, too closely followed the expedients of the old Governments for guaiding "-;iiiict lliom nmonor which was the lepal wpr of tir?;itivin. i,j!?. t it j, ., monstrous anomaly in our Government (the radical principle of which is, that tin majority shall rule) that the power should be trusted to any single individual s over - rule the will of two-thirds of the Repre sentatives directly chosen by the whole body of the People Never would lhat feature have found a place in the Constitution, if tho. extreme case could have been supposed, at that day, of it being so used as to defeat the will of the People. Governments are only established to promote the happiness of society. The objects for which our Government in particular was established, me written in the face of the Constitution itself. The Poo-1 pie of the United States ordained and es?ahiistieit it to torn) a more penert union, establish police, ensure domestic tranTHit y pil)Vi,ie for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to themselves ami,

their posterity . These are the objects , j at Old Point Comfort, reduced to a very to ellect which Representatives, Senators, inarrow lino. The shoal water, which, unand Presidents, are elected by the People. !der the action of the sea, and re-echoed These are the objects towards which alhupon by the bar, is kept in unremitting

the aims of these ouicers should be direct- . . . . ed I lies? are the objects tow aids which .... . , , -J . ..il .t ..i. . i V'' .V 1 ,5 ' V 1 .i ciai.y o, i.ie j ,xe m e, snou ,,i ienu,in an

fore h;ive l'cen loss imperative Poweriships of war and for our commerce, in any

is confided to Chief Magistrates, w hctheri mg or i iiutn., on.y in ou nuM'u t - : t ' l . . i . i i i for the public good Such a public agent J has norirrht to consult his oicn pleasure in! the use be makes of power confided to !

,,,mt " e so trcniciMlous a poiverjtance of about 1900 yards. The two

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his breast of every thing like passion, cr jnel, and it will be impossil le for a single personal feeling, which might master orjship of war to pas without the permismislead his reason. It becomes his duty;sion of the power holding the foi tresses, to lake counsel, not from flatterers, para- They are so constructed as to pre-eut imsites. and secret cabals; but to repel and metie batteries of cannon upon an apresist all euoh influences, by whomsoever pioaching ship, from the moment she attempted to be exercised. In a case like comes in reach, from the capes, and thro1

that of the Bank question, which has been several years under the consideration of the People, and in which the President himself appealed from Congress to their! judgment antecedently to any nf theKlec tions tor Members of the Congress which has to pass upon it, can it be doubted, that the judgment of the two Houses, whatever it may he, ought to he regarded by the Executive as the moral law, which he is! bound to respect? It is quite possible that the President would so regard Ihe matter. But it is very certain, if he fob! lowed the lead of the Regency, or the counsels of his Cabinet improper, he would disregarded the expression of the public will, and $et himself Sovereign over the People. What a King of England would not dare to do, and what a King of France lost h's crown by attempting, three vears ago, t lie organ of the Albany Regency in the article which has drawn forth these remarks, exultingly expects from the President of Ihe United States. The suggestion which is thrown cut by the Argus, that, because the People have re-elected General Jackson, they have expressed an opinion adverse to the Rank, is too preposterous to be argued, h is utterly disproved by facts. The State of Pennsylvania, for example, gave General Jackson, by a large majority, the unanimous Electoral vote for the Presidency: in the same State, it is certain lhat both her Senators, and a majority of the Repre sentatives in Congress, are opposed to the views of the President concerning the Bank and the Currency. But 'the Democracy of the country feel it a solemn duty, to put down the Bank. So sax s the Argus. We have alread) diown lhat the reliance of the Cabal is upon the Veto of the Piesident, annulling the will of the People. This is the Democracy of the Albany School. This encroachment ot Executive power on popu lar rights, win. Si n,. Tory in Britain would dare to excuse, is their piesenl test of

Republicanism. 'Jay, ye Republicanism,' who understand the meaning of the term.

are yon ready to embrace the doctrine of the Spoils men? Or will you adhere to the fiilh, as understood and delivered by the Fathers? 'As soon as the Govern rnent was put in motion, said Mr Jeffer. so:.-, under date of July 27, 1C13, 'the line of division was drawn. We broke into two nartipe. p.irh within? to crive the Goveiriment a different direction; the one to strengthen the most popular branch the other the more permanent branches, nod to extend the permanence.' WJu are llio v that nozs endeavor to 'strengthen 'he more permanent branches ol he Government.' Are they the Democracy 1). ot the country? Are they jeiieisouuw Republicans? Arc thev Republicans of any sort? Nn: hv their works if you judge them whatever thev may call them selves, they are Monarchists at heart. For they would clothe our elected Chiel Magistrate with power, practically exceeding that of any hereditary monarch, in those Governments with whose institutions and history we are most familiar. It i"nottiue, then, that the Democrac) ol the country desire the Bank to be put down by the President But it is the Cabal, the Regency, Kitchen Cabinet, or call it what you will, who flitter themselves that they are the keepers of the President's conscience, and can mould it to their will. It is they who are making war upon the People's Bank. Il is they who are now applying all their energies and all their cunning to la-ten on the mind ot the President (he impression, that the People will approve his rejection of u Bill for extending the Charter of the Bank, should Congress present one for his signature. For this purpose, and to intimidate

and over-awe weak minds in Congress, itiably more than two inches from her body, is. that the inatriimpnu nf the Cabal are (The report of the pistol indicated that 'it

- now charging interested and mercenary 'motives upon all w ho dare to oppose then project, for pulling down the Bank be- ' .. . caue they could not corrupt it. It thev

had succeeded in their practices against . morning, and with much pleasure expresiis integrity, and so converted it into anjspsa belief that the wound is not clangerinstrument of Rewards and Punishments, ous , and that the unfortunate young lady we should have had no opposition in that ! vv ill this time escape the fate which the quarter to a renewal of the Char ler of the malignity of her pretended lever had prc-

Bank. He should have bad no eto upon it either: for the President would have been persuaded of the great value, and, indeed indispen-abi'itv of the Institution, by the very person- who have artfully and insiduously brought his mind into a j prejudice against it. I'roni the Washington illobe. tut: imp i:rs. The channel whi- h leads in from the capes of Virginia to Hampton Roads, is ripple, has gi en Ihe name of the Rip Laps I WTl II" I to this place. When ihe bar is passed, .in . mi i i . i . .. ir.. ..t.:L , ,. 1 . , : V to ,o. ai-um iu mi.es niMani, aim i into future contest w ith a naval power, Fort ii i .. : I . . i. . i. i. . .u.mm- -u,.i .... me poun, on me i igm side of the channel at the entrant e of the Road and this castle of the Rio Raps, is directly opposite the point, at the dis- . ... . J . , .. . . out all the bendings of the channel, it must ftill be under the power of the cannon; for the ports present a new aspect at everr turn, and in all probability (be inter dieted ship would be a wreck or a confl.i gration, from the hot shot thrown into her, before she completed haJf the circuit of the channel. Fort Monroe is already finished, and is at this moment in admirable condition, it its arm ament were completed. I had the pleasure the other day, of witnessing the review of the troons stationed at the Point under Colonel Euslice, and was exceed ingly delighted xvith the fine, healthy looks of the men the exactness with which they performed their evolutions the genteel, soldier like air which characterised Ihe whole corps, givitig them the appearance, rather of a body of gen tlemen in arms, than the ballallion of common soldiers. The Rip Rap?, where the President has fixed his quarters, for the benefit of the sea air and bathing, will. I trust, before long, become a noble structure. When finish ed , it will be a monument worthy of the people xvho have lavished their means in its erection, and of the genius of the Engineers by whom it was planned. The area of the stiucture, as originally staked off, includes five acres; great part of which was 2- feet below the surface of the sea, and lhat nearest the surface 18 feet. To get a foundation above water lor ihe Fort, or Castle, an Island has been raised, by throwing rocks intu the water until, by accumulation, it has emerged a have the tides. The rock of which (his Island is formed, has been brought from gieat distances and at vast expense. After a foundation whs obtained for the CaMle above high water, the building of the Cattle was begun, and carried up so as to form the first enclosures. It was found that the settling of Ihe artificial rn aind f stone, cracked ihe walls. Tlit building wa, therefore, discontinued; b'Jl

immense masses of grauitc have been!

brought and lodged upon the lines ot the work, that the w eight ot the material , designed for its final completion, might be errmloved in consolidating its foundations. For some years this marine pyramid sunk between six and seven inches; during the last year, although pressed with the weight of all the material gathered for the superstructure, it settled about three inch es. It is the President's opinion, that the erection of the Castle may now proceed with safety, and it is probable that he will direct its immediate completion. From the Baltimore rJazctte I,OVl' AI MADNESS. Jlnnther Clough affairA most ntrocious attempt at assassination was made in tins city last evening. A young German lady about three weeks in this country, and re siding with her friends in Howard street was walking in company with several per sons in Fleet street, near the intersection of Happy Alley, last evening between five and six o'clock, when she was accosted by j a young man. (one ot her countrymen.) : who, alter walking a few steps by her side, demanded of her whether see would marry him. She answered No. The young man retreated a step or two, pulled a pistol from his pocket, and shot the unfortunate object of his affection in the back. He was promptly seized and com mitted to prison, and the wounded body taken in the house of Dr Allen in Ann street. The wound appears to have been made with (hick-shot; the whole charge entered the left ehoulder, about equidistant from Ihe verlebreoe and the arm, to which direction may be imputed the es cape of the victim from immediate death, as the muzzle of the nistol was not prob I I , bad been heavily charged, as the assassin unquestionably intended to do In business effectually. The writer of this saw ihe ..... . . .... wounded lady last evening, and again tin meditated. LOOK OUT. '.1 chieCs cmanz ye, takin notes: A ye person said lo be employed by 21 mer chants in New-York, for the purpose of travelling through the country and en quiring into Ihe pecuniary standing of country merchants, has recently, in the fulfilment of his missioD, excited considerable notice in the state of Npw York, and we perceive by the last Eiie Observer, that he has favored that village with a visit, and fiom I hence proceeded westward. Whether our village has yet been favored with his piesence we are not informed. The gentleman, we understand, has not been very cordially received, generally, on his tour, and in some places the citizens have been so uncourteou9 as pretty plainly to intimate to him. that his departure would be very agreeable to them and perhaps a matter of prudence on bis part. Should he visit Cleveland, we hope our merchants will be prepared to receive him with due resptct, particularly those who w ish to get credit at either of the 21 houses which he represents. Cleveland Herald AN EXTItAOIlDIN.VItY NATURAL ritODLCTION. We have now, in our office, (where our citizens and farmers aie requested to call and see it,) a most singular species of corn The history of this rare freak of nature is substantially as follows. About three years ago, Mr. Carrico, living in Gallatin county Kentucky planted some of the la dian Corn in the neighborhood of a swampy piece of land which was grown over with a thick strong grass resembling sedge grass. In the fall of the year when he was gathering his corn, he was surprised to find years of corn were growing and ripening upon the grass, and that on the Idades of the grass seperate grains were growing. Struck by the singularity ot the circumstance, he curelully preserved the grains and planted them in the next spring. The result was extraordinary, producing a growth partaking of the qualities both of the grass and the corn, and superior to both as forming a thud article very advati tagcous to stock farmers. The stalks in our oftir.e present most remarkable appearances. The tassel does not bear any resemblance to the corn tassel, but is more like the heads of coarse grass the blades are long and very sleuder, resembling more the blades of oats than of corn. Upon the extremities of these blades separate grams of corn enclosed in the husk presenting the appearance of hazel nut burs, are tound;andto the bodies of the stalks more perfect ears of corn are attached. The stalks themselves are long and slender and not unlike the wild rye of the. country, only stronger and more subsiantial. We believe that this grain is at least one thing new uuder the sun, and unlike moat novelties, it promises lo be useful.Frankfort Ky. Commotrxalth. Txo churches struck by Lightning. During a thunder stoini on Sunday afternoon last, the Congregational Church in New Preston (Ct.) was truck by lightning while a large assembly was convened in it and in Ihe act of public tvorship. In its decent by the lightning rod attached to the cupola of the building, a part of the stream of electric fluid xvas attracted by the et ve pipe at the ridge of Ihe house. The shock was so evere lhat many were thrown from their seats, and lor a lew moments the wildest contusi"U reigned, sighs, shrieks, and every demonstration cf

error was taanilesleu by t;;psS i;i $;it

mediate vicinity of the angles of the smve. pipe9 on both sides ot tiie house. One. person had ine suue unnwn Uo:n flu loot and the stocking considerably torn, and yet received no alarming injury. When . I- - i . the first burst oi consternation nan a tit'ic subsided, a young man who was seated in a slip where stands a pillar lor the support of the gallery, and to which an iron brace is attached to aid in the support of one of the stove pipes, was discovered leaning against the pillar, and the change which had taken place in the countenance dur ing the lapse of from three to five minutes of suspended animation drew from the observer the exclamation that Mr Hatch wa injured. This announcement was heard by the brother of the stricken man, a physician, who instantly flew to him, and with the assistance of such as had presence of miod sufficient lor the emergency had him conveyed to the air, and by the abundant application of cold water to the head, and breast, together with persevering frictions for the space of live or six minutes, signs of returning life began to appear, lie was then removed into the open air and soon recovered. Let all who may see ihe history of this awful visitation recollect the means by which a fellow-mortal was by the blessing of heaven resuscitated, and the life of an interesting member of community preserved. In this case all signs of life were actually suspended for at leaat 10 minutes, and probably 12 or 11. During the same shower whcih was exceedingly violent, the Meeting House at South Farms was also struck by lightning during divine service. It struck the rod attached to the cupola, run down to the earth and passed off without doing any I.. . rother damage than breaking a tew pains of glass near the belfry, and slightly stunjnmg a few persons in Ihe church. rl he jlightning struck in several other places, and an oX was killed by the fluid m the rc .i. r" IV CSl Kill Ul 0"UWJ i H I wiLitchfield Enquirer. The mode in which the thin sheet lead, which forms the interior lining of tea chests, is manufactured, is thus described m the Ganton Conner: The workman has before him a flat earthen tile of about 13 inches square nearly '.covered with broken paper, and another of the same kind placed above it, Ihe pa pered surfaces of the tiles begining in contact. When about to cast a sheet of lead, a sort of slip or check is placed between the tiler regulated the tlncknes", and the workman pitting on his hunches on the upper tile, adroity lifts the edge sufficiently to enable him to dash a quantity of the melted lead between the two, he then suffers it to descend xvith the xveight of his body; the superfluous metal is forced out at tho sides and falls to the ground, while the sheet of thin lead remains between the liles. These sheets are trimed upon the edges, and soldered together by another person, to form pieces of the proper sizo for chest linings. Sporting extraordinary An offer of a considerable bet, on the part of the Earl of Eglington, to run on foot a distance of fifty yards, turning round a dig staff, and returning the same distance, against a gentleman on horseback, was accepted the other week, and one of the officers of the yeomanry agreed to ride the match against his Lordship. The race came offon thursday xveek, and xvas witnessed bv a considerable number of spectators. On starJi.-.g, his Eordship run very swiftly, and reach ed the flag-staff atiout the same time a.j Ihe horse, which cleverly, but shyed imme diately after. This advantage was seized by his Lordship, who turning quickly made all speed home, and xvon the match Caledonian Mercury. Tin Rocfs for Houses. We learn from the Journal of Commerce, that the practice of covering the roofs of lv usf s with tin instead of slate, is becoming qu;:e extensive in New York. It is estimator! that not less than 300 have been thus c.-vr red the present season, and probably m anymore xvill bo before the close of the year. In consequence of the removal of the 15 per cent duty, it i3 stated that tin is a cheaper covering ihir. slate. The cost of the ar tide is about the same, but there is a considerable saving in limber and labor in the construction ef the roofs, as the tin ned roofs are in general nearly flat, hav ing a pitch only of an inch to an inch and a half lo a foot Tin, it is said, is more durable than slate, and the plates are less liable to get out of place or be blown off by the wind. Boston Patriot. Gimhlcts. The Yankees are in a fair way to destroy John Bull's gimblet trade in this country . The new twist imhlet Jis almost as much superior to the old En glish gimldet, as Ihe screxv auger is to the old pod auger. There is a gimblet factory at West Whatley, which employs 15 hands, about half of them females, and manufactures 15 gross per xveek. The steel is imported from England in nmui rods; the handles arc' turned out in the vicinity. There is a gimblet factory in Bucklcind and one in the northern pa it of Franklin county, onein Keeue,N. 11, and one in Connecticut. Forthioivfrdrre. Lrids had jn?t killed and weighed a fine (i, which he suspended bom the liin!) of an apple tree near the sty, v. i,i n a ih ishbor posing by enquired tho weight ot" hia pic; "Well, it diii'nt we-'ijh as niach as I expected, Riul I always knew it wouldn't." 'Leave me alone," said a youn- lady to n. tent Ionian, who was romping with hor. ".Never," h.; replied, "my d-ar, till I dio will I inc