Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 19, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 October 1833 — Page 2

VIHCENNES. SATUItDAY, OCT. 19, 133. jiiss iiAituiCT MVKimom:. The inhabitants of Vincennes were honored last vvtek with a visit from this distinguished female preachei, on her way to Cincinnati. She delivered three disI frauerht courses in xne itieiuuuita i.nor- c with the sublimes: eloquence and charac terized hy the most profound argumentation. Very large and delighted auditories hung with riveted attention upon her words which burnt as they fell. When dwelling upon the tender entreaties of k iJvin0, Saviour, she,uin words as soft as an cehMise," caused many a stout and hard & ! i rr I oy an eye, unused to weep, in tears; and when she armed herself in the thunders of the law, she caused those to tremble who could not or would not repent her voice rising above its ordinary pitch, without losing its depth, fulness, aod melody,

and swelling far beyond the apparent off as soon as Ihey got the steam up. measure of the strength of her sickly and' W,'e 1 P"1 t0 Philadelphia, I only had .. , , , time to take a run round to see Squire enfeebled trame-more terrible than the a mini(i am j ,oun(1 1Iai preUy voice of the Priestess of the Delphic bu-y, but as good natured as ever. Well Oracle, caused everv nerve to vibrate inY8 he. 'Major the Gineral has opened i i' i . : i i.. .'ii .:n ... .

ut,i-on, and hound every heart as gpell of a magician. How much more nobly are the commandiner rotvers of her

highlv cultivated and classical mind em-'l,s , . ,i ,, c .ii - ,1 t plove'l. than those ot another high v gi t- - tt s ed woman. Miss Frances Wright, who has

hren designated a the Priestess of infi about it? And so I thought this would delity. The former would exalt us to ,tin jp crnpr him-'O,' eaV he, -Mi.jor .ii.. , I'll tell you,' and with that he turned Heaven, he atter would degrade U9 to' . i - i r i .. ' 6 lu -round and picked up a bun ile of letters the level of the brute beast. Miss Liver- jhe was jest going to send .ff to branches, more in addition to her attractive elo- and he read some on em, and I read some quence. is an amateur in sacred music antr on prr : anfJ ,npv lvas all ptetty much alike, is decidedly the best singer we have heard !Cllinhill0l!iS t0 do t,iey icoull,i " - . 1 hevmg the money market, and not let f.eove.r ot the mountains Her voice in pie sutler, and just to carry as much sad speaking is unusually musical, aod her ;as they could without splitiin em, for now

gesticulation, which is rare, is always marked with correctness.

We know nothing about the disputed a curious piece of business. The Gineral points whether women have or hare not i wont like this, says I, and I would like to authority from the Scriptures to preach !know ur "'"n- 'Why,1 says he, 'Mathe gospel, hut this much it e know, (hal "e hor the people 11 decide against ... , , ' him when Congress meets.' 'What, says whether m or out ol the pulpit, our best do you caU Congress 'the people?' How wishes accompany the pilgrim stranger. !vou talk, savs I and if that vour no-

Till: DFPOSITES. This subject is Treating a wonderful and Oost wholesome excitement throughout the whole union. Mr Duane is about to publish hh account of the matter He ay? that he supported Gen. Jackson because he thought him honest and capable, hut that a residence of a few months near his person has taught him that he was miSiaUrn, and lie has the candor to avow .... i his present convictions. In consequence of this injudicious and arbitrary act, worthy only of the autocrat of all the llussias, Gen. Jackson is losing friends in Philadelphia, faster than he ever made them. Lvcn the Richmond Enquirer, the oriran of his administration in Virginia, has turned against the General on this all-absorb mg question. On the first annunciation cf the late act. that nanersaid 7 iothc :9urpatin of pojcerand violation of lav in this transaction, that ive deem to be if im mediately greater consequence than the removal of the depositcs'"' In a still later nurn' her. the editor says, his previous opinions have been "strengthened by his investigations and reflections " Well done Mr. Piitchie, the people are rising in their strength and enquiiing whether General Jackson is king or not? They will demand of ther representatives in the nest Congress to maintain their rights and proclaim to the world that Gen. Jackson is not the whole government. Where now is the safety of the Deposites? Gen. Jack cn having removed them Irom the U. S. Bai.k, where they were placed by the laws of Congress for eafe keeping, and where Congr ess at its last session declared they were eafe, may he not order them next to be placed in his own house, and there divide the spoils among the kitchen cabinet and the minions that surround him? And who is the superimendant of these depositcs in the State Banks? We answer, a Mr. Whitney, who has proved himself a vile calumniator and a peijured villain. CINCINNATI ?IIUUOH. TL - j- . . I . . i ne ur.-i i wo uumueis oi tne new se lies of this highly popular hebdomcdal, have iust been received. As uenal. it j - -j beautifully executed, and filled with interesting matter. The corps editorial, .Messrs Gallagher and Shieve, assuredly deserve to be extensively patronized for . their untiring industry m rendering the Mirror what it really is, a fair specimen ot Western literature

FOR THE VINCENKES GAZETTE. Governor Porter, Col Owen and Cnl Weathertord, the Commissioners on the behalf of the United States, appointed to treat with the Chippewa. Ottawa and Pottawatamie nations of Indians at Chira

CO. Illinois, nave hroueht their latior to - close, the above Indians having ceoed nil their lands east of the MisfisMppi to the United States for one million of doilais and ) annuity. The St. Joseph Indians have also sold the reserve in Indiana, at a very high price for Indians, but ihe ptice is nothing compared to the benefit to the northern part of the State. I ha been a common raying, that at lniian trcaiie-. there was hut one party to the bargainhere, 'here were two, and so far as I ran ju ige ni know, the Indians weie dealt with fairly and juMly, and protected torn the numerous speculators and claimantwho usually swarm at such places, who were all dealt with without feat, fat or or partiality, with an e e single t justice, ...:ihA.. m I 'n t rnft n 1 1 1 1 1 - o 1 .rrvirp mfhw i linn inririivv iu -nuviu .v. erto rendered, or thoe in expectancy 'KUITJS" Danville III 5th Oct 1C33 DOWXINt; C U RES PO I) ENC F. Washington. 23.) Sept. 1833. I sent a letter to you bv Zekiel Bige low jest afore I lelt New Yoru; and I was

i ..i 'its uaiiciy, iHi i i in at i a hi ue it it 1 1 1 iiiciWlth the , , ,, .. . ,

dt's no matter he's got emit of em. ny menus as enemies. vn says j, 'But.' says he, 'Mai r, I thought you told heM 1,0 n0,hin J'ou Sl b;,ck aSm ' This kinder cornered me, and made me a , ,,, ., , , c , little tvra'.hv: and so, sas I Squire I uoui( ,;e to know what mi mean t- d 38 ,,,e storm rlHfi come they could tell " rt '"u , . , vas . ,jr. I,,m' I luiinanu ngniening. ven, says i, mis is tion of the Government, then, says I Squire you 'are a bigger tool than I took you lor. Why sas I, I and the Gineral dont care no more for Congress, than we do lor the Inirins Well then, savs he. there is the Cabinet, perhaps they will have somethin to say about it. Well Hays I, that's worse yet What has the Cabinet got to do with it ? do you think we are goin to appint folks to tell what to do? No, no, says I, Squiie you know a good i but vou dont know nothin about the G v eminent yet. The Gineral ilid'nt light tnai eiv urieaus name for nothm, says I. And when the people made him Pren dent, they knew he was t Le most knowing man goin, and ever since I've been with him, they are more and more sartin nothing more is wantio, unless it is h r M r. Van Buren to cut in, when wt give out and go to the Ileiinitage, and with that I streaked it to Washington It was nigh upon midnight when I got to the White House, and the Gineral was

abed; and as 1 knew he wanted to see me S argeant. and Ci.iy, mid Binny, and Evedreadfully, I went right into his room andjretf. an I Gallatin, and a raft more of 9u.h woke him up. 'Why,' says he Maj r isikinder Mlowa. know more than Mr. Van that raly you? for I've been dreaming j Buren. Mr Kendle, Mr. Cambrelliug, and

aooui you. i m glad you are tiacii agin, for things are gittin pretty stormy hue So do you come to bed. and we'll talk about it.' As scon as I got along side the Gineral there now, says he. Major I dont care for all the rest of the Government except Mr. Van Buren; and if we three aint a match for all creation, I'm mistaken. Says he 'Major haintyou seen my procla mation agin Biddle?' ies, savs I, I saw it at Baltimore. Well, savs he, what do you think of it? Why, says I, Gineral, I've been thinkin a good deal about it, and I m thinkin about it all the while. Major. says he, that proclamation agin Biddle w ill kill htm and the Bank us dead as that one agin the Nulhfiers killed Calhoun and his party. There is nothin, savs he, like a proclamation. And I have been thinkin. says he, Major, to git you to write one too, for there i? a good many things yel I Jid nt say nothin about I want you to read over Mr. Van Buren's late letters and vou'll find a good many thinjs wants attendin to. We have killed Calhoun and Biddle, but there are a raft of fellows to put dowu yet, such as Webster, and McDuffv, and Clay, and Binny, and Ever ett, and Sargent, and Burgess, and a bun dred others; and as the most on em are in Congress, I'm thinkin the best way would be for you and I to git up a proclamation Mgin Congress; and that's what I was dreaming about jest now. The most on em, 1 reckon, have been borrowin money ol Biddle or wanted to, and if they haint, its no matter. And Mr. Van buren thmks it would be well to call a convention to nominate a President and you and I can manage to slip thnt in the proclamation too and if things dont go right for him, I'll hold on tit) it does. Well, says I, Giuer al. yon know 1 telled you I'd stick to yon through thick and thin, and I am to be de pemled on. I know it Major, savs he.

and I was only sorry you warnt here a few

days ago; but Mr. Van Puren said there'

was no time to lose, anu me, jirsi suvi is worth a dozen afterwards. And so I mme out agin Bidcile at once . And it was ;.,t cn nt New Orleans, if I had'nt gone J. i .u r..ri;iih a llinmn nn ihe r own and em me - r 23d December, they might have licked me on Gth January. Ann jest so u migni l.e now if we waited till Congress met, them fellows might re-charter the Bank in onitP of US. HUt I reCIU-U my pruca i lin Villain pu md it it haint vours will. 'Do you know,' says (nation has none up v... he 'Major, that some ot these leiiows ' , mo b.ere. had the impudence to tell . ...i u I was runnm the risk ol bein turned out of the White House.' Whv iva Ivoudontsav so.' i es, says he 'its a fact but. says he, iiajor, tneyio lont know nothm auourn-t, ' No --ivs I 'nor skunkin oeither.7 And then lie and I turned to; and told stories one arter another about rakcoonm and tkunkin till almost day light; and then we went to sleep. 1 expect my next will oe a proclamation-hut I dont know. Ue are nrettv busy about every thing. Yourfrimd, J. DOWNING, Maj Downin-vil!e Militia, -M Brigade. From the V. 1' Dirty Advertiser. We publish to day another official document from Mnjor Downing. The Major seem to consider the President's Proclamation against Mr. Biddle and the Bank as falling short of the mark; and he steps in very generously to make up the deficiency, by adding one of his own. Our friend seems to have rendered himself indispensably necessary to "the Gineral." Indeed with all the advisers round about ij,im, he would obviously get into serious dithculty every few days, if he were not kept straight by the Major's goon sense, experience and discretion. It also seems as if the latter would verify the contrary of the wise man's maxim, that in the inulti twle of Counsellors there is safety, by the jmost decisive proof, that in this case, at 'least, theie. is far more wisdom in one ! , , , , ,L .i r u Sounl head, than there is in those ot the (whole multitude round the puilieus of the 'palace. At the same time, we must acknowledge, that the Major, in Ins Proc.la.na tinn, has touched one ticklish subject. j We allude to the suggestion of a national convention to nominate a candidate for the presidency. He may find, to hie sorrow. UMt ir he Uecnmra ,paliy on ,nal """ject, that tie may not only lose his hed lellow, but he obliged to shift his lodgings also. Halt. Pat. :iAJoii nowicrs cr.rxciiuie. Published by 4uthorily. I, Mijr J. Downing, of the 21 Brigade of Downingville Militia, and second best mtn in the Government. (I and the Gineral being pretty much the hull on't) thinkin that the last Proclamation agin Biddle and the Bank ha'nt got reasons enuff in it give out this my Proclamation by way of a Clincher. The times are now gittiu pretty squally, and if we dont look out sharp things will (Til 1 1 envuli vinil nnic le llio limo lVr -ill 'on you to buck me and the Gineral, We have been now nigh upon five years at

deal,!vo'k, nor kin down abuses, and still things

dont go exactly to our notion We have jtakrn all the offices away from the onpo si tion folks; still some on em manage to git money to live on some where else. We hive taken awtay the printin from them, and gin it all to our folks; still they keep printin other papers, and we cant manage lo choak them ofT no how, but thy will keep juvin and twittio on us; they wont print none of our notices, but keep all the while writio and printin their own. and try to make folks think that Webter, aod McDufTv, and Adams, and Major Bar i v, and such good fiien Is of our'n, and all as true as teel too. But I, and th Gineral. hive found out all about it Bi idle and the Bank are iht varments and if they are not put down there is no tellm the harm they II do u-. Riddle's Bank aint like other Banks ev'ry thin? it does goes pretty much right agin us: and most of the other banks do all they can to help us There is one at Albany 'called the Regency Bank: now that is the j right kind ofbank.it o m monev only to 'our friends, and gils its thumb on all the bank it can, aud makes them do 60 too; . i i . .i . ana u mey uom mev pur the screws on em and that's the reason why our folks are so strong in Albany ; and if the United States Rank was managed jest like the Regency Rank, we should all on us he much better off. And what was the United States Diink made for? Did'nt Mr. Madison, and Mr Munroe, and Mr. Adams, when they were Presidents, jest go into it whenever they pleased, and shovel out the money to their friends, and the oppo sition folks did'nt git one cent; and how that Gineral Jackson is President, and who has done more for the country than all the Presidents and Ginerals and Commodores, and the whole bunch on em ever did, when he wants to do a trille for his friends in the same way, they wont let him well then, says he, Pm the Government, and I want my money; and then they turn to and print books and speeches, saving the Gineral aint the Government ; and try to make folks think the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress, and not the Ginei al, has the right to take away the money. iVow Ihe Gineral dont care no more for Congress than he does for the Secretary of the Treasury, and he'll sarve them jest as'he has him. e dont want them, they inly make trouble, unless they do jest as we tell em. We want money, and must 1 f nf m i n . I. I. nave ii- i-vij.v v. .viii a jiu imir

been workln hard for ua aint got any, and

we have got no more offices to give em. The rich folks have pretty much all the monev. but as we can out vote eoi they ouht to shell out aod that' pretty much Mr Van Ruren's notion too. And his no-ri tion is too, that there ought to be a con vention to nominate a President, jest like that one a spell ago in Baltimore. One man is enuff for each State, only git the right one, and then vote by majority, jest as George Creamer did when he gave six and riirtv vntps for old Pensvlvany. it wont do to wait too long its only three years more afore we shall want another President, and we ought to spring to it now iest ni the, Gineral savs about the j banii mat s goi oniy mree run, ano ne lsauain n tain iw a satelv hv lhat time ns it Can nOW. and So he's goin to give it a twist on the tirsi or October and we mean to follow it up till we knock it all to bits unless Biddle re signs, and if he does, the Gineral says hell make me President of Ihe Bank, and give it a new charter, and then we'll git all our folks in and make things; go better there. There is no use in Congress or any body else to try and corner the Gineral he ha9 thrashed double their number afore this, and if they do try to drive him in a cor ner, it will turn out just like a skunkin frolic, the foremo.t dog will get the w orst ont. By order of ihe. Government, J. DOWNING. Major, Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade. From the Turf Register, for Sept. 1822. A KEMAIIK All LIS FACT IN N'ATFKAL I1XSTOUV. Kaskaskia III. July, 30, 1C33. Major John Pillers, a fatmerof great respectability; in this county, informed, me, that while he lived at his father's, in Missouri, some twenty years ago, a buz zard was taken alive, having gorged itself over a carcass to such a degree as to prevent its dying its weight being too heavy for its wings: when he, together with hifather, and a neighbor, with a small shoemaker's awl. ripped open its eyes, so that no part of the ball of cither remained The head of the bird was then put under one of its w ings, jn which position it re inained a few minutes when to the surprise of all, he gradually relieved his head from his wing, shook himself, as if to arrange his disordered feathers, and re-appeared with two good sound eyes free from blemish, and poesessiog in every de gree the power of vision? The seeming ly cruel experiment was repeated with the same bird on different occasions, in the presence of different persons, fifty limes, and always with the same result; and not the least injury appeared to have been occasioned by it After the lapse of a few months, this bird flew away lo its accustomed haunts. 1 have mentioned this fact to several persons. practical, uneducated men,

who though they had "never seen the like''ican be distinctly discerned but also, that expressed no surprise or doubt of itsj the smallest pebbles and stones at the bot truth, but replied that they always heard torn can be as effectually examined as if that the down from the inside of buzz ird's they were hel l in the hand. The sun id

wing, was a cure tor blindness in horses, and one man remarked that he cured -u most inveterate case of approaching blindness, in himself by it. He procured the down, spread it on a bandage, applied it to his eyes, and recovered. In corroboration of the statement of, Majar Pillers, whose deposition is hereto subjoined; 1 enn state my own exper ience on the subject. Travelling some three years since in the American liottom, I staid part ofa day with a friend of mine, whose step-son had the day before taken a half grown buzzard, disabled from flyingi . . i

by over eating. So soon as I saw the i uu bird, the above statement of Major Pillers 1 must not on1 to fel1 ou how m,J came fresh upon mv recollection; and, as we cheered "lankee Doodle." At home I had always been incredulous, 1 wasde-')"3 heard !tflwith 1'leaeure, but without termtned to put it to the test of experi 'cheering Here when it stiuck up, it merit, and accordingly mentioned Ihe fact toUC,lfctJ lhe e,ec,nc clialn that binds us to to the young gentleman who had the bird,' tl,e P,esant land we have left, and all and desired him to operate upon it. Ilav seemed ,0 be ,n?P'red w "th one impulse ing no sharp pointed instrument at hand, 80 "applaud to the very echo, that should other than a common pin, with that ie applaud again " I know not whether the punctured one of the eyes: the aqueous' !u,iP in lhe abstract be good or bad; but humor flowed out, a whiteness like film)1' muw,c ,,ke poetry, s to be praised accame over the eve, and all its lustre in I cording to Ihe number of associations it stantlv disappeared The head was then1 awakens, or the images it renews, Yahplaced under the wing of the bird, where' liee Doodle h should have no para!it remained a few minutes only: and when, ,e,; .and Von Wel)er neeer made such a i ,i , n,,f fdo i. v o i.urt rocnrrifwi iic ...o.n.,! strain in his life .

brilliancy, appearing as sound as the oth er, with not a speck upon it In this expeiimeot, it is true, the eye-ball was not ripped open that operation seeming too cruel to have my participation; but, as far as it goes, it serves to inspire belief in the statement of Major Pillers. And why should there not he a healing virtue in the down ofa buzzard's wing? No man can say why not. Do we know whence those animal, mineral and vegetable substances, resorted to for the cure of all maladies, derive their healiDg powers? The fact that certain substances possess such qualities has been ascertained by experiment; and until that infallible test has disproved the efficacy of the dozen, no one can say it will not cure blindners And why should not the buzzard have the power to reproduce its eyes? There are many mysteries in nature that we shall never be able to fathom. It is a mystery that an acorn can develope itself and become an oak; that an unsightly and disgusting worm can, in a short time become a most beautiful fly; in short, the whole world is but an open volume of mysteries, which all can wonder at, but lew can unravel. Upon sober consideration, it cannot be regarded more wonderful that a buzzard should have the power to reproduce its eyes than a spider its skin and legs a horse his teeth and hoofs our species i their teeth and nails, or a deer hi untlers,

They arc all remarkable phenomena of

animal phyfeiology. ihe laci siaieu m the conclusion of the deposition, relative to the bald eagle, has not, I venture lo ay, arrested the attention ot any one. he ideas oi j-' i- ""- - ever associated ; yet you cannot get thoser of the bald eagle without taiung me sum with them. Deposition of. Major John Fillers. I Tnhn Pillers. a citizen ot Randolph countv, Illinois, do depose and say, that 1 am the individual alluded to in the above communication, and that the lads stated therein, so far as 1 am concerned, aie true in every particular. The experiment of ripping open the buzzard's eyes, during the time we kept it, from February until May. was repeated, 1 dare say, tmy times, and once, at a log rolling, ten tinjea in one day. Au old African uegro, belonging lo Mr. Francois Vaile, Sen. of St. Genevieve, named Joseph, (then fupposed t( he upwards of one hundred years old,) first told me of it; and 1 have tried it frequently since on different buzzards, with (lie same re-sult. The negro told me that the feathers could hot be plucked out ofa bald eagle. This is true. You may try it in any way, and scald it aud you cannot pull out a feather. John Pillert. Sworn to and subscribed before me, rx justice of the peace of Randolph county, this Gth day ot August, 1C33; and I do further certify, that John Pillers, the subscriber to the above, is well known to me as a gentleman of character and lespectability. James Hughes, J. P. (Seal.) WFLLS. Almost every family are more or les troubled by having the water in their wells become, at times, impure and unfit for use, in consequence of decaying and corrupting sub-tances, such as dead cats, rats, toads, snakes &c. finding their way into them. In many instances excellent wells are rendered good lor nothing, and perhaps entirely abandoned, in consequence of the water becoming impure from some unknown cause, and many fau dies, little able to bear it, are thus subjected to the trouble and expene of obtaining water elsewhere Good water i9 one of the greatest luxuries, as well as necessaries of life, and the possession of it should not be lightly esteemed. For the information therefore, of such of our reader as Ir. enot known the fact before, we communicate the fol lowing simple mode of discovering every thing that lies in a well, aud of ascertain' ing the situ ition and 6tate of ihe water as it respects its cleanliness, purity, &tc. viz: Take a small mirrow and hold it over the well in such a position as to catch and throw the rays ot the sun directly to the bottom of the well, which will instantly become illuminated in a manner so bril liant, that not only the smallest articles, such as pins, needles, spoons, knives, &c. in the best situation to be reflected in the above manner the morning or afternoon of fhe day. This simple experiment ha9 been found lo be of great utility, in finding any thing" that mav be lost, as well as in ascertaining the cause of the least impurity in the water. It was commuticated to us by a worthy patron, with a wish that we should give it to the public. Springfield IVhig. "YANKEE DOODLE." An American gentleman in Paris, after &iviog au aiccou,lt of e 4th of July celelirif inn in f li'jf rntitt'it -iA A a 'Take a Scotchman from his hilP and at the ends of the earth tickle his ear9 with Auld Robin Grey or Auld Lang Syne, and it annihilates time and space. He "Trcuds the loved shore he sighed to leare behind." He is back in imagination which is reali. ty, as words are things to the braesides, the heaths, the broom, the reH plaid, the blue bonnets, the "honest men and bouny lasses." Or grind in the hard ears of a Swiss on Cumberland Road, his unmusical Ranz des Vaches, upon no sweeter organ than a cartwheel, and he isno longerin the Alleganies. He i3 among his Alps, in some red log cabin, with one end sunk into the mountain, and perched on a cliff so steep that he must ascend it with hands and feet. Or he is beside some clear mountain take a little mirror at the Alps, or some water fall or sheet of foam from their snowy summits. 1 know not what are the images raised in the minds of others by 4klhat good old tun," of which I spoke, but to me it is the glass of Surry's magician, and presents an image of beauty. It 6hows me a green land of long rivers and broad lakes a land flawing with milk and honey a land of steady habits, white churches, red school houses and many newspapers. There are two eventful periods in the life of a woman one nhen she wonders who she shall iiarcthe ether, when sb wilder, who will have her.