Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 22, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 November 1833 — Page 1

(BM1 W Ido IV.VOJV-VKV, IJMUJIJWI, Jro VJEMBER 9, 1833.

Terms .92 50, if paid tlnri 1; the year. 52 Oo, if paid in advance. 00, it" not pnid during the 3 ear. i-l ., lor six months. T.ipi r di-oontinn.d only- nt the option cf the publisher while, arrearages are dur. (!rAilvHti?fmtnts mnkiiisr nnr ?pnro orlcsK will be inscrtt d three time? for one dollar, and tivi'Mty-tivfcput. for very siibsiju-tit insertion ; 1 xicer :lvrrtianint? in the same ratio. tiuch article? of irochjce, as are ieil in a

family, will bi received in payment for sul

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T,IK " with vegetable food , i said to cause poul-interpreter, was sent by Gov .Harrison late, pyirg a grove of timber surrounded nn

ViNCENNKS GAii STTE, i,r ,01,,llve . ' ,,U1" 1 iiiuune of Ibit,wim a lain 10 1 ecumseh i three Hdes by rrairio, liehtwi

T3 v r j - 1 joinerwise. ' rFa.t iu iHi.te ; anri me rrnpnet. ann on arriving at their Ut,l he I ubhshed even; Sa!ur,fy, L whpre hey caf) pick up ?tapg hoppere jnw hfi frd abou, I500 warriors assem-

13 2 13j iJTiisDalo suul other insect?, they will thrive faster. I bled there. After the talk Tertimseh

But they should lor some time before they i promised to visit Vmcennes in 18 days;! panics of the militia of the Territory are kilUrf tor eating, be ted exclusively ,; he came in about 25 days with COO war-('constituting what was termed on the morn'

on toou wmcn win not nave tendeocv to riors, and the lesull of the council be-

give n bad relish to their flesh.

A. England Farmer.

ing of the battle the front line; the left wing also consisting of a part of the 4th

regiment and a poition of the militia of

I the I errttory composed the rear line, the

Spencer's

tween Gov. Ilnni-cn and Tecumseh left

nn doubt war was unavoidable, r.nd at the

rainest reaucst of the people expressed

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uo.-nic iiiciH-H Vi ncrptng hh's in uuoutru punuc meeiirrr? atu petitions, 'right tlank was comp.osed of

nn mi- in uaneif iJitiaieu ror mem IS a t hp Tipairtent rirertP( liov. hiricnn inirnmn.r Cn .l.,.,t . :rt r .1

g-eat improvement 1 here rooms should disperse Tecumseh's banditti Col. d Teniioiy fronting south west and closing be sought that ias mice, and other ver-jwith the 4th regiment of U States Inlan- the space between the front and rear lines mm cannot get to them; and they should ; try, was nlaced under Gov. II. who called 1 in ihp sr.r.th ,.oint f .ho

tcrii.ti.m, atihoii.H.kit price, delivered in V in- be dark, tor inhere is a wmdoiv the bees on the miiitia of the Indiana Territory ;! which we encamped. The lef tfankcon-

i.t .. .nav ixou . i.-j; 10 me it i iu i fs many volunteered ineir services anU oth- sisted of the company r f : .n. kv vr.lun-

u..c .... .... .. ,., anu um. iees;ers ivercnraneu tor me expedition. The teer riflmen under lvcirar and a rnmimnv

cennes.

?ntwiMi wiij-:at. A writer t 1 H iamr Farm. with the Hgn.Hure jn"r'rZ I'armcr" aligns Ft-er il reason? in l,ior of mowing wheat with a scythe in the uiuie ruanner that grass is mown, ann gathering it with a rake; --In n-aping' he saj. 'theie aie

managed it. t!m manner never swarm, I object o the campaign was to march np I of riflemen of the Territory under Cant and jou may take trom them such quanti- the Wabash toward Tippecanoe, build a.'Hobb; this flank was commanded by Gen' nesct boney as you like. -Maine tar. fort and station troops near the Indian Wells who ranked as Major Capt nel

Horses end Cattle. An intelligent far mer of this town lias communicated to us. what he says, is an effectual remedy a-Cain-t injury to horses rind cattle, who may hae eaten too much grain: It is sim

ply to administer a pint of melted In g's

inany heads cut olf o short, that they aic

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never iuu...i; am. u.e.e tuu..; ... ,.n, aR f0n . facl ,ll?f nverfld

biml.ng. Whete I have mowed H one way j je ,,p h,? uie h(t PX.,enment a and laked the other, there is hardly a' nU,,.0- timos ftn(, aIwavg mth

f traw to ue seen. Cra'lliiu? irram he likewise condemn

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as wastelnl. .Mowing lie sa)T- saves three fourths ol the time in a busy reason gives ;i greater quantity of straw prevents the sc the being dulled the succeeding year !) stuithle, and iurnishes m rc straw for f jiloer and manure. With regard to thrashing the writer avs, "1 know lull well that I cannot thrash as much grain when mowed as when reaped As near as I can judge from what cxpenem e I have had , the difference is about one quarter ; 1 e. to thrah the mowcd gram costs a quarter more labor. Now let u st like the balance in order to find iow the account stands. By mowing, ac chiding to my estimate, we save three fourths of our time; by thrashing we lose one fourth ot it Hut still we have half left, i.e. 2 days in 4. Is this of any con fcquenee in this husv season? Now how !oes the account stand? "As our cattle demand so much of our time at the barn in thus enjoying the plea fine of feeding and seeing them eat, than to be getting out our gram, and having

the straw ready lor its various uses: fur

thermore, what is a day s woi

vf the year ccrnpared with one

en. .VvrriJctzi'Ock Journal.

Shade Trees. The r?7a, known in Ku

rope by the names of lime and linden, is 1 go on the expedition.

much spoken of lecentU in the agiicuhu

ral and other newspapers, as a superior ornamental ttee. We were thinking of sending to liiigl.ton for a few of these beautilul trees, when e found out by the Gmessee Farmer that they were nothing more nor less than lass-wod . No doubt they make pretty trees when planted in open fields and gardens, for the leave are large round and thick, making in the forest where they (all a deep black vegetable mould Ken Jvur

was 21,) and either of these companb lost more men than both the compnnie-. from Kentucky 1 write without the aid of the official report. Capt Snelling made several succerctui charges Wilson wa6 drawn from the re:.i line and charged the enemy three tirrf-s. Scott also of the Territory, w-s drawn from the front line and charged the ero my . Capt. Spencer s line was engaged i 1 close action by a fUperior lorre point of numbers for nearly two hour?, unaided by other forces, and lost their Captam, two lieutenant;., PT,d f others killed and 13 wounded. As POon as it was sufficiently light to enable on. Dl,Jfl (0 distinguish objects, the encm was el.rtrget and routed from every point, leav i-,g pat t of their dead upon the field (Jm loss wa9 severe; ubout 17y in killed aim wounded, ot whom none was more lamented than Owen and Daviess of Kentucky, and lWj. IWi'i of the 4th. lint the Tei'it- ry lost Spencer, Warrick, White, M'Ah.han and hen v, with many other-, and nothing could be farther trom the intention of the writer than to detract from the merits of the gallant dead trom any section of our couniry, his otject heing to claim justice and nothing more for the brave sons of Indiana who fell, nod their General what is due to him for both courage and prudence in cot.ductiLg his command to it glorious victoiy. The victory being won, the first care of the General was to restore order, provide for the wounded, and bury the dead. On the day after the battle the Indian town was burned and preparations for the return march were made, and on the 0th the army left the battle ground. On its arrival at Baserow the militia and volu; were were disbanded. It has always be'i. believed by those qualhfied to jmigt, that this victory had much influence in shortening the war that commenced the ensuing spring, and in saving many lives of the people of the Territory, as the Prophet's

J'heee transactions indicated m. spp.no- his Ipi'r ,l.irc. i Sc.oA r,..J town would have been 11 ral'.vipf noint for

and intrepid

number of his

a9 evidently to

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nounuary. n. 11 j-nwime 10 u.sperse i e-1 ;,ng's company of the 4th encamped withcumsehs banditti without shedding blood. ! in the squa.e as a reserve. The dragoon The time was cons.dered tavo.able to ef-jhoth of Kentucky and the Territory wa, ectthe. bjectoftheGoveinmentas.twasjpncampH within'the square with orders known that immediately alter the council. that in case of a night attack to parade at ,ncennes,n.luly 1811, Hie chief, Te 5Vvord in ,(;im, whh lhpir foU , . cumseb went on a tour nmongme Southern teI(9. A ilcul)e ,ine 0 ten,iuef wa. Indians to stimulate them to lorn in bis a .11 .i. .- ... . '

plan of operations against us Our army pprience an prudence could dictate, with assembled at incenncs in September, a,.d ;B riue r,pard lo lhe shBU6lpd con(lition before its march frr.n that place wa8)oin-j1)f Uie 9oUV owj o (orce(1 m;irdi en by Col J. H Daviess and a few a w,ured l!ltion ua8 lakeD ,be than twenty, dragoons from Kentucky to!(ommamle. ;n rhipt-

The troops left! iittvvpen 4 nl)(J 5 Oviock in the morn-

, .....01, ....out xvjiu u. oep.emuer, Infr of the 7th of Knvend.ei, 1811, a senandoneo the tml .lay s of Oclot er com. ,ine, at ,he pouth aue (li,covere(, menced building the tort While the ,he lj(lian8 ctaw g through the grass in troops were thus employed, Gov fk.rri- lhe prailie approaching him. lie fired son sent messages inv.t.ng the Indian? of!atu! fled t(HVard he ine pursued by hun1 erumseh s Uuditti to a friendly council :dltlds of ndians who reHrhed our jine at or warning them tod.spe.se They le-j the same moment with the sentinel . So cl.ned doing either, and alout tins lne aSU(den and unl00ked for was the attack family was killed on Embarras river in; on the left flank, that the officeis had no ll.inoja a few miles north west oi Vm- opportunity to form ll.tir men for action, cennes, nnd one ..four sentinels was shol'but were compelled to retire toward the

...v .... ......an on me nigni 01 u.e lum ' centre of the encampment Gov. Harris

veiooer.

Cure for the lUtu --When a hope begins to ; too Wrongly to be misunderstood what we,ain? Snelhng. Wilson and Scott to chHree 'he followers of the brave bl5ri, X' nel '!tSt he blood noureTCnS i ! PP;chend (mm that banditti of lhe Indians: they done so and checked Tecmnseh, who lost tuch a . .l'U .r?.!a'. U the.lm TKi lir'nptv. ,i,l Cn,l,U,l vv.i i J w At i ic rs at Tinoccanoe a

nnd i ut in warm wntr to koep it fiom coa-nla r"zcns ot the I emtoiy ; many ot them ;ami Keigar to rally their men and regain ! dishearten the Indians and cripple his op tine 'i i.o application f this ren.e.ty, sajs a volunteered and flocked to the standard ol their ground, which they immediately did I orations, and the combined Indian force:

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un.erin the American Farmer, will r. lave the j their Gn ernor Capt. Funk with a few I and throughout the battle fully sustained ! vvere beaten upon their own ground with iK.rse in hve ninutes. Idragoons fr om Kentucky also joined the ' ,jieir former hi-h reputation as soldiers of ; 'he advantage of their favorite mode of

- army, and the foit being near its cample (Kentucky. The attack in a few minutes ! attack, by the united skill and courage of

n.VTTLi:r TIPPrcAXOF. jtmn, the aimy, consisting of about 750liecome general along the front line, riht! tlle wny of the U S and the volunteers Tc th editor of the lincennrs GavVe: men. alter leaving the sick and a smalliflank. Med naitof thp rr.-.r linp All orlaiid militia of Kentucky and the Indiana

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kat thiMime' a-"yotir papor of the 1 Ml. of last gariison in the fort, marched on the 20ih sentinels and both guards were driven in Territory jointly ; and it is unjust to claim nPinl,,'rrPsi i!nnnfh !' ,,;"e l,uhh?nel " e rroneous , ol October lor the Indian town, and wast to the encampment, and nothing saved W to ascribe the credit of this victor to

account of the tiattle ot l ipnecanoe, writ, overtaken on the march about the first otiv,w rw. fmm .iDr.ni i 1 ,i,.i:u nov oi.p mrna nf ih;,i lif.U .,rmt T ... ,r

Hit Ihi'tP H hse r Tit! ions il IS P fieri i . - . . . - t . . , im.oimi nuiuuricui nil uic lUUI l.CUUt 1 - . I" " ... ..v. mj-- v. ten by a v.Mter to the (utile ground m November In Gen. Saml WellsandCols ate courage of Gen. Har.ison, aided bv 1 eutlice to say that it was an American arf 1 , l'V' w and craiu th, i M,"7'' !F31' and fir,t n,,,isl', in Ken- Owen and Keigar from Kentucky with ,he field officers and the steadiness of our! my. led by Gov. Harrison of the Indiana bottom to mow, ami gram that is x- ,urk . ,. I deem if dP n.ive about SO or 40 volunteer from iht Smi . . !r rn ! u.. e ..

i . ir )i ih a i I i h iii'H iiif fimei nvirmraie i ru.iui uiiu uliuivcii iiv iiin.v 01 H

tremcly stout, so as to lodge, may be ex

pected The .nilerence oi tiie value ot labor between the two seasons (grain harvest iMid winter) alone, is almost a turning Lev to the question I can procure three days' work asier at the list mentioned

Feason than one at the lust In giving i

these views to the public, 1 am conscious that 1 shall tii. l very little support, perhaps be contradicted: if I should be, I fb ill not be wounded in my feeling, but hfpe to learn something that shall be of use lo rr.e in husbandry hereafter''

ns nriiu st it a rice rs I ho nmci Hanorgt(

to meei.atacier ci General Harrison, as i am continent that the numbered men The writer is a witness that Gov Harris hrBt citizens of oQr country who confided to ti.at nt the United States' Infantry and that were in the battle from Kentucky did on rode along our lines giving such orders ! " his ability to command,'and they were

...v. tlo ...... ....imli n ii ...nj.r.iui mtii t-iii.tu ij a wcto necessary to restore oider and to Territory engaged in that memorable About ball the number was dragoons un-Ln,,re a victory . battlo, that the errors in the publication ; der Col Daviess and Captain Funk, thet The battle bad continued for some time

above mentioned should be corrected. I, balance were riflemen under Gen Well-wi,en Co. Daviess observed to Governor I lians returned, tore our .lean men from

.lo not believe that the visiter misstated , and Col. Keigar, Lot Owen actme as alitunUnn iK.nt ihe InHii. u.fl.a their frave. ttrinnpH jnrl ml.i.r.

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not disappointed

We are informed that a day or two af.

ter the army left the battle ground the In.

fact knowing! v . but that he has been mis- volatile, r aid to the commander in chief

led by erroneous information. I cannot jOn the night of the 5th of November the

behind a log and some standing trees near ! p'ed them Their bones lay bleaching

'the angle formed by the front line and left! on the field of their glorious death up to

doubt; therefore, with no other object i army encamped 10 or U miles from the jfl,int, rind were annnvinp m,r lioP vn-1 the fall of 1821. when Cant. Hunti.,frion

than to do justice lo ali concerned, I wiU,lndiad town. During our march on the muc, atld ie asked permission to dislodge wih a company from Terre Haute collec-

FOUhTIlV. Fowls of every sort may be profitably feil on boiled potatoes and meat mixed. Hens which do not lay in winter, should have access to pounded bone?.oyter shells, or some other matter which contains lime, in some of its compounds, because something of the kind is necessary to torm the shells of the eggs, when are composed

of the phosphate of lime

endeavor to give a brief statement of pome j morning of the Gth, Indians were frequent

ot the transactions that led to that cam-jly seen by our advance; attempts were paign and victory In doing this after made but failed to bring them to a friendthe lapse of C2 years, and writing as I doll talk When within less than two miles mostly from my own i ecollection. I mayiot the village the array having formed in fall far shor t of relating all the particulars,' order for battle halted . Our troops were

but 1 will set .'.own nothing hut v hat I j in good spirits and every officer appeared know or have reason to believe is true. : anxious to engage the enrny; but Gov

and w ill feel obliged by being corrected j Harrison in strict conformity to his in

them. Permission beiuti crianted. he call- ted the bones and covered them in the

ii ed on his fiist division, as he termed them,' earth, tnaiking the place by a large stoue. which consisted of not more than 20 pick-1 n October 1830, arrangements were ed men, to follow him, aud he rushed to; made to re-inter the bones of these heroes, the charge through the United States In- Gen. Harrison was invited to attend, but

tantry, who were formed in his front, fol- prevented by indisposition A great

by lhoje who know wherein 1 have fallen

into eiror. As early as the year ICuCcr 1000 the celebrated Shawnee chief Ttcumseh. nnd

Col.be't s Cottage economy observes iMS oro(iier ,0 Prophet, were known to

that pullets, that is, birds hatched the jue fomenting the Indians against us, and protected by Spencer's company of vol

foregoing spring, are ",c "r-"-,aJ"'5 13 ; atiout that time mey located themselves unteeis trom the Territory. Arriving

in winter. At any raie. .ei mem ui . near ,ppecanoe upon the Wabash, and within less than 00 yards of the town, he

directed his interpreter Barron to go into

lowed by about 6 or 7 of his men, and of

that number at least three, to-wit; White,

Floyd and Percil, were citizens of the

structton from the President, resolved to; Territory, not citizens of Kentucky, as

make one other effort to adjust the difli

culty tvithout shedding blood; and for that purpose be lode forwaid accompani

ed by some ot ins principal officers and

number of people from different States attended; among them a son of Gen. Harrison, one of Col. Owen, and a 6on of Captain Warrick, w ith a few cf the survivors of the battle. The bones were collected and put into one. coffin and re uttered (in the hole first made to bury our officers) with the honors of war and ao eloquent

en!oy by L. A liannegan Liq.

more than two or toree years mu. mc , ecumeeh conceived the grand, design of should be kept in a warm place, and ot!Un:.jng a tnP Indians to make common let out even in the day time in wet weath-; CAUi? .,aainst the encroachments of the er -for on good sound wetling will keep . white man and to m ke an effort to regain them bach a fortnight. The dry cohl, their former territory, and to check the even the severest cold, if dry, is less inju-, growth ."f our settlement in the north riru- than even a little wet in winter time. I Mf.?t Governor Harr-son, then SuperinIf the feathers get wet, in our climate in tendent . f Indian affairs, believing these winter, or in short days they do not get , Indians were stimulated bvTiiitisdi traders, dry for a long time; and this it is that, nnd fearing it would lead to something S'.oils and kills many of our fowls j more serious, kept the President informed "The French, w ho are great egg eat- ( of their movement, and under instructions cT?,takp great pains as to the food of lay : from our Government held frequent irg bens in winter. Tboy let them out j friendly talks with the. Indians, and enhut ver little, even in their fine climate, deavoi ed by presents and kindness to satand give thfin very rlimulali ig food; bar-j isfv them, but without effect. In 1810 ley boiled aud given thtm w ai m ; curds , j serious apprehension-? were felt for the

claimed by the visiter to the battle ground.

Daviess and White tell and were with difficulty borne into our lines, without dislodging the Indians and a company of the 4th regiment was ordered by Gov. Harris

on to dislodge them, which order wa9j The iiiends of Gen. Han isoo have ah

moRl gatianuy rxecuieu. iy me lorego- j na ? icgitntu iuii ic.i uie lerrnory ine- statement, for the truth of which the 1 in 1812 and accented the command of a

the town and invite the Prophet to come,,vr;ter anneals to all who were nresont-i hi irade of Kentucky volunteers, and thev

out and talk with him as a friend, statiug the world may judge whether Col. Dav iess i have equal reason to regret his resignathat the difficulties could be arranged bet-! threw away his life by rashness, or wheth-j tion of theofiicc of Major General of the ter than to let their young men kill each!er it was sacrificed by the ordeis of hia army of the United States By the first other in battle. Two other chiefs came j commander. It was admitted that if Col. j he left his friends in the Territory without out, and alter f baking hands in the most jD had have been followed bv his whole! a leader possessing an equal share of their friendly manner, these chiefs assured the jcommand, they were competent to effect ; confidence to conduct them through the General that they were not able nor had his purpose; but owing to lhe noise and . war, by the latter he left ihe army soon they a wish to light, and that their princi- Confuion of the battle, his orders were after his brilliant victory of the Thames

pal ciner the 1'rophet had gone out to either not heard or were misunderstood ! of the 5th October, 1813; a victorv second

meet the army to make peace, but that

he had crossed to the east side ot the Wabash, believing the army was marching up

that side, and these chiefs repeatedly de

and not obeyed.

only in that of New Orleans- By thi3

huVkwbe.it, (which I believe is the best

thing of all, excepting curd?,) parsley, and other herbs chopped fine: oats and wheat sifted; and sometimes they give them hrinp stH. and the seed of nettles; or dneo nettles, harvested in summer and hoi !ed .n wm'cr. Some give them ontin

safety of our fruntier inhabitants, and a

call wa made on the militia ot the lndi ana Tt t ritory for the purpose of protecting the inh.vbita.nts on the Wabash against Tecumhe's banditti; but on his promise to remain peaceable, the march of our men to the Wabash was countermanded

r I .... 'l fl'il t.-iaclcrt .w..A i MM... .-..-..inHrJ l.wf r'l'l i r ...... 1. n

nrv ini', I'U t um-r '"i " 'i rein . !.i fu'jiriiucu i ui in. uji iMi inn hub . I :. V I. i t. -J ti! in .TOC rir....- . .. .. r"1...!, .r. t'to ,r--.r 1P11 I Kn I

fOl'I'Pd !'l v'll.C. t...i niiiuiipv.- i iri- iiimrF. ijii ij . v. , .i i i i j i mi- in

ed u; ate very good fcr trv;,

Ii has been said by other writers, that I seh's town from all the tubes in the north

t 'nltrv a well as l ies, nrernudi bene-! west Thi- alinnied the inhabitants of

tfd In nlacine charcoal, broken into tht - fmntier of Indiana and Illinois Terri

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v......v . j timicr. ii ' j ' 1 in,- iiiall sorts cf poul-j dians :iC-suuiei a i.vre offensive attitude, i large numbers were collecting at Tecum-

fm.ill pieces, in situations to which they have access. The substance, it is said, ;.id- t" the nppHtW s, -n 1 ' - the di. re-.: o ot these aniuvds ; d,a ' !S cheap

tld :-not be --ib'

toiies, checked emigration and prevented

the settlerjieTit of the country, meetings of

t'ne peoj.le nose hol.irn in both Territo i i .

lie, a'ul r e?-'lutior:s "adcipted expressing

t iii ju-, it may i ihv s use ol the mhal ilairs ot their imo.i

t o a: ise-nbh- to use it as ;. .-.sif.ueiil for ; nent danger from the hostile Indians col

4h(tr'diet. ; iecing at the Prophet's town. Capt.

A rioporuou ot (setciv. tood, rr.'xed N a'.'.cr ilon ol v inceune?, with liarron

Thi visiter seens inclined to claim all : victory a British army was captured, a the credit of the victory to what he terms , Province conquered, the famous Tecumthe Kentucky Mangers. Nothing' could ! seh slain, and all our foes humbled; and

dared that if the Governor would wait!i,e more unjust than this. Let works I the General left the field of his usefulness until the next day they would come into ; bear witness. It is true they all behaved i and his glory and others have reaped a

a council, make peace, bury the hatchet,

and thereafter live like brothers. Gov

Harrison ditccted Majors Taylor and

Claik. his aid decamp and Brigade Inspec

well, and that the gallant Owen of Kenlucky fell in the front of the battle while animating our men in the retiring hue,

by his words and his example, to face

tor, lo select a suitable camp ground . about, charge the enemy, nnd maintain

I hey did so, and reported that they hadifr,eir ground. Maj Bain of the army fell

found me nesi encampment that the army (mortally, and Col. Bartholomew of Indihad occupied since its march ; and afier! an. Territory, severely wounded also,

mutual pledges of friendship between the Heading and animating their command to

General and the Chiefs, ordeis were giv

en to march to the ground, and the hoes

of the encampment were marked off by

the charge; aud few if any of our field officers were more eminently useful than

Majors Clark and Taylor of the Ten ihe

the proper officers. No one washeaidjry. In comparing the loss of the differ

object to the grouud for an encampment

Indeed nor one who is a competent judge could with prop.iety object. Something was said about building a breastwork, but this was abandoned, owing, as the writer understood and believes, to the scarcity ol camp axes and the prevalent opinion that it was unnecessary . The army encamp

ed in the form of a hollow square, occa-lviest, about 20 men each, (Spencers bss

ent companies of lhe army, it should not

be forgotten that the greatest loss was not sustained by the Kentuckians. Compare the loss of Snelling and Barton of the 4th regiment, Keigar and Funk of Kentucky, and Spencer and Wilson of the Territory. Snelling and Spencers loss

was nearly equal, and probably the hea

rich harvest of his well earned laurele,

and must be now be buried in obscurity ? Forbid it heaven. A VOLUNTEER. September, 1833.

HULLS AMI HEA IIS. This is a phrase in use upon Exchange, and is applied lo buyers and sellers of stock. There is more meaning in the terms than would at first be supposed. A Bull is one who is to receive stock on a certain day at the stipulated price. He wishes to toss it:Vp, so lh.it on the day he is to receive it, it may be worth more than what he is to go give for it A Bear is one who has agreed to deliver a stock at a certain price, and at a certain day ; it is his interest to depress the value of the idock, so that he may deliver it at less cost to himself than the price he jr ro leceive for it. He wishes to tranjjle it dozrn for tbo difference will be in his favor.