Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 26, Vincennes, Knox County, 7 December 1833 — Page 2

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ohave the Legislature memorialize Con-

srrcs on mat eunecw

3d Rtsclved. That our Senator and

Representative in the State Legislature, he instructed to use their be9t endeavors

to carry into effect the incorporation cf a

Company to construct a nan i;on agree

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REMARKS.

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HONORS TO MR. CXAY. Several days a-go, w relinqisherl the idea of giving in our columns a history of the thousand honors rendered to Mr. Clay during his progress through the Eastern States. A full lecord of the eplen did incidents of his triumphal march

able to the foregoing resolutions, and that would leave us no space for other items

each of them be furnished with a copy ot the proceedings of this meeting, and fur

ther ordered that the Chairman and secretary sicn these proceedings, and that

copies of the fame be fui niched the Sun and Gazette of Vincennes, with requests

to the Editors to publish the same m their respective papers.

W H AlUi KU V Li, Jim n . R. Montgomery, Sec'y.

HAIL ROAD MEETEXG.

We call the attention cf the citizens o

Vincennes nnd its vicinity, to the meeting

which i9 to take place this evening at 7 o'clock, at the Hotel of John C. Clark. The contemplated Rail Road from Evansville through this place and Terre Haute, is a subject of deep interest to the merchant, the farmer, and the mechanic, and indeed to every part of our population. We hope to see many of our friends from the country present. Their pecuniary interests, as well as those of the citizens of the village, are involved in the fate of this contemplated improvement. Vincennes ha long lain in a kind of torpor -

Annual Report of the Vinctnnts t analt

Benevolent Society. Assistance has been rendered to seven families. The whole number of subscribers is 35. Some of the money yet uncollected. Amount of cash received, $19 57 Amount paid out by orders, 13 43 Cash on hand unappropriated, 6 14 The annual meeting to be the second

Wednesday of December, at 2 o-clock. P.

M. at the residence of Mrs. Crosby, ur ficers are to be elected for the next year. The thanks of those benefitted are tendered to the contributors to the funds. The attendance ef all who have been, or are disposed to become members, is requested at the meeting above-mentioned. By request of the Officers.

From the Illinois Journal, JVov. 30. VILLAINOUS CONSPIRACY. A gentleman by the name of Russel, a passenger on board the steam boat Freedom, from N . Orleans, has given us a de tail of a most foul and villainous conspiraf u mntxT ike rriU' rtf flint Imnf vclurK it

cold as an icicle in relation to almost eve'!,, j; i u i u . ; fully accomplished must have resulted in ry object of enterprise. We wish to see,(1P most distressing consequences

It appears that on the 24th lost, a quarrel from some trifling matter arose among the ai!orsot that boat which finally led to blows; a Mr Barns (a deck passenger) was standing hard by at the moment, and

her at last awaking to a sense of her sit

nation, and catching a portion of the spirit of improvement, which is now animating the breasts of the citizens of almost every village and city in our country, boldly march forward to reap those advantages which the God of nature intended she should po?ec?s, and which have hitherto, by a strnDge infatuation, teen invariably repelled, or passed unnoticed by.

lemarked to the sailor who had commenced the affray, that he had acted very improperly towards hra fellow sailor; at this mild rebuke, the sailor took umbrage and replied that if he was near enough, he woald serve him (Barns) in the same manner. Without a repl, Barns retired to his birth, considering the matter settled,

which he had scarcely reached before the

trouble i Tin: wie;wAtt.

The members of the Cabinets Proper;ailor approached him with a drawn dag

and Kitchen, are said to have been for a ecufflc ensued in which Dames by

his superior strength, was able to wrest

sometime past, in a most putrnacious attitude. Postmaster General Barry, it is affirmed, favors the claims of the Tecumneh killer Col. Johnson to the Presidency,

a9 also his deputy the Rev O. B Brown. Brown has been removed to another desk in order to nullify his influence and to make room for Gardener and Ilobbie, who are retainers of Van Buren. An effort will be made to buy up Johnson by placing fiim on the Ticket with the ''little magician" for Vice President. The friends of the Hero of the Thames say he cannot be made to play second tiddle nous veroos. HENRY CLAY.

We give in to day's paper an account of

a few of the many honors conferred on this illustrious statesman. No man since the days of Washington, has received such distinguished marks of respect and affection from the people of this country, with the single exception of the venerable Lafaette.

the weapon from the haud of the sailor,

and with it made seveial strokes at him, until he fell to the floor powerless; at this

moment two other sailors seeing their fel

low prostrate, ran up to Barnes and in

dieted several stab?, one or two of which only taking effect, and neither of them dangerous, lleie the conflict ended, and to all appearance was terminated ; a suspicious movement was, however, observed among the crew with the Mate for its leader, which gave much uneasiness to the passengers both of the deck and cabin, nnd also to the captain. Night came onall was calm and set tied, aud many concluded peace was restored, while others were iu much dread from what they had seen and heard. Barnes remarked to those about turn ad

ministering to his wauls, that he would surely be murdered that night that he was sure it was the sailors' intention. About eight o'clock at night a gun was fired at Barnes, heavil) charged with powder and slugs; luckily he received but a few slight wounds by the discharge. All was now thrown into confusion and con sternation at this occurrence, and a general enquiring for the person that fired, pervaded the boat; no one could tell one of the sailors, however, was missing he was reported to have goue ashore the mate was seen at the moment of the explosion to cross over the wheel house with much rapidity, and had received a bruize on his jaw, supposed to have been done by the

wnose inuuence he has "",v" ""j "igu,

circumstance with others ot auspicious

character, led to the general opinion of

his guilt; he was by order ot the Captain confined, together with all the sailors, and at Mills Point, tried before a Court of Justice, and all set at liberty except the mate

who was committed to prison for further investigation thereafter.

It eeems that the Mate had made the

necessary arrangements among his associ

ates lor robbing the boat to leave her in

the yall, and by the means of a slow) match to the powder (of which the boat

had a quantity on board) blow her up

of intelligence. His journey U at length

drawing to a close. We give the follow

insr from the N. Y. Commercial of the

21st: Louisville Journal it Focvs.

"W'e mentioned last evening Mr. Clay's

denartnre in the tnornmer. on a visit to

L.,

Newark. The Newark Advertiser, re

ceived this morning, gives particulars of

the visit, which from their length we are

unable to insert entire. Mr. Clay was conducted into the town by a large caval

cade of citizens, on horseback and in car

riages, and was saluted with the warmest

greetings. On reaching the Park House he was re ceived by the Committee, and addressed in a happy and appropriate manner, by Amzi Dodd, Esq, to which Mr. Clay made a short, but pertinent and characteristic reply He was then conducted through the various principal workshops and factories of the town, expressing, as he passed, the most unqualified gratification in witnessing what Mr. Dodd had go

well denominated, eloquent testimonies of

the fostering influence of the American System. On returning to the Park House, Mr. C., with the invited guests, and a large party of citizens partook of a cold collation: after which he visited the inclined

plane of the Morris Canal, and set out for

New York, accompanied by a large number of citizens, and bearing with him the best wishes and warmest approbation of a place whose gratitude to a great benefactor, is, if possible, quite commensurate with the benefits his great public 6ervice9 have conferred upon them. We learn that Mr. Clay's return to this city was like a triumphant march. He was preceded by an escort of nearly one hundred gentlemen on horseback, and was himself seated in a splendid coach, drawn by six spirited milk white horses, and fol lowed by a long line of carriages. Most of these necessarily returned from Jersey City; but a large troop of horsemen, and several carriages, crossed the ferry, and accompanied him to his lodgings at the American Hotel. General Darcy delivered a brief parting address to their dis tinguished visiter, and presented the coach

in which he had been brought to the city, to Mrs Clay This was altogether unexpected on the part of Mr. Clay, and, on inquiry, it appears, that he had left directions at Newark, for the construction of a coach of the same description. The present, therefore, which the citizens of Newark had previously determined to make, was an agreeable surprise. It is one of the very best description, valued at about nine hun

dred dollars. Mr. Clay departed tor Washington this morning; taking Trenton in his way, where he will pay a short visit to Gov. Southard.

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light. Mr. F. U. Smith ha" made mis

mixture in his house live years, ana pre-

rro it rWidpiHv to I bp best snerm. it

i rr v - j emits, he says, a clearer and more power

ful light, and burns somewhat longer man sperm, and never congeals in the coldest

weather. The prepent relative prices oi castor and sperm oil , offer no inducement

to those on the seabord to substitute tne former light for the latter; but to our

brethren of the west, the substitute promises to be of much importance, as render

ing them still more independent of foreign supplies for the necessaries of light. The compound is likewise much cheaper to V,on inasmnrli na .1 double freight IS

lilt UI lwrui,i.ij w " c that of PDerm from the geabord

and on castor oil, the abundant produce of

their field, to a distant market.

Attorney General. Beni F. Butler of!

New York, has been appointed Attorney General of the United States in the place cf Roger B. Taney. He is a man of re spectutle talents in his profession, and a devoted admirer of the "Flvincr Dutch

man,11 through

teen elevated to that office . Richard Pollard of Virginia, has been appointed Consul at Mexico, in the place cf James S. Wilson, resigned. RAIL ROAD 3IL1-:TINC At a public meeting of the citizens of Gibson county, at the Court House iu Princeton on Saturday the 30th of November, A. D 1833. for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the legislature to incorporate a cornpanv to construct a rail road from Evansville, via Princeton and Vincennes, to some buitable point on the Upper Wabash, whereupon Col. William Hargrove was called to the Chair, and John R. Mont gomry waa appointed Secretar) , whereopon the following resolutions were unan mously adopted; let. llf.solved, That we highly approve of the efforts of our fellow citizens of

Evansville and V incennes to procure the

incorporation of a Company to construct a

rail road from Evansville vi;i Princetoi

and V iticennes. to some convenient point on the Upper Wabash, and that we wili

Ue our best endeavors to encourage th

commeuceuicut and completion of the

fame.

2d. Resolved, That we heartily concur.

and agree with our tnends of Evansville for the construction cf a national hospita! Ct that place, and that our Senator and Keptesenlative in the State Legislature

Mr. Clay, in passing the Northampton Woolen Factory last week, on his tvay to Pittfield, was suddenly greeted by the acclamations of the operatives of that extensive establishment. There was a spon taneous movement among them, and just before he came in sight, they had arranged themselves in their working apparel to cheer him as he passed through that thriving and busy little village. The school urchins who had all assembled, instinctively cried "long live Henry Clay,"

and before he reached the extremity of

that hive of human industry a roll of fine broad-cloth was unceremoniously deposit ed in hi9 carriage. All the proceedings were the work of a moment, and it was so heartfelt and free from the parade and formality of other occasions, that Mr. Clay expressed himself delighted with it. It wa9 an off-hand compliment, and a frank, unostentatious expression of real feeling and sincere regard. Frov.Jour.

WESTERN CHARACTER.

Who has not heard of David Crocket,

the very "embodied spirit" of a hack woodsman, and the representative of :

class of men now almost extinct even on

the western frontier! Like Alike t ink,

the Colonel is probabiy the lat-t of the salt

river gentry though in him are united

many of the features that distinguished

Boon and his compatriots, the hardy fear

less Pioneers of 4,the far West." Abounding in humor, and eccentricity, he knows no

fear, thinks of no danger; generous as a sailor, the stranger never goes from his door hungry, while his hou?e and his in fluence are ever at the service of his friends. In point of pure unacinltered originality, Col. Crockett unquestionably excels all

other men living or dead. His exploits in bunting bears ; his dutch stories; his gay, gallant, inexpressible good humor, an1 his adroitness in fending off a joke or a blow, together with the hardihood, per severence, and generous confidence in himself which hit life exhibits, place him above rivalry. Your "poets, your "National Gallery" heroes, and your little great men who figure in magazines and and newspapers, and your mighty authors, thunder along towards a nine davs immortality. But

here we have a hero of an entire new school. Orson the w ild man of the woods, is nothing to a genuine hero of the west: and Munchausen, who shot a bear, when all the ammunition he possessed was txo spare Jlints, can't hold a candle to him! He can run faster, dive deeper, stay Ion

ger under, and come out drier, than any other chap this side the big swamp; can

grin the bark off a tree look a panther

to death- tote a steam-boat on his back and stand three streaks of lightning with

out dodging besides playing at "rough

and tumble" with a lion, with an occasion

al kick from a zebra?

He is a screamer? Goliah was a pretty hard colt, but the western roan goes a

head he take the rag off! He makes

nothing1 of sleeping: under a blanket of

snow, and no more minds beiner frozen

than a rotten apple. His farm is so rich, if you plant tenpenny nails at night, they sprout crowbars by morning! His neighbors are half horse, half alligator, and a touch of the earthquake, with a small

sprinkling of the steam-boat, besides being

of the real meat-axe disposition, and al

ways wolfish about the head. He liquors

on a glass ot "thunder and lightning, and

bites like a rattlesnake ; or for bitters, sucks away at a noggin of aqua-fortis, sweetened with brimstone, stirred with a

lightning rod, and skimmed by a hurricane! He can whip bis weight in wild

cats, or swallow a nigger without choking,

it you butter his bead and pm his ears back! A. Y Atlas

From the Baltimore American Farmer. CASTOR OIL FOR LAMPS. In the thirteenth volume of the Ameri can Farmer, page two hundred and seven we mentioned a discovery, by Mr. haac Smith, of Eastville, Northampton county, Va. which enabled him to render castor oil equal to the best sperm, for burning in lamps. We mentioned also, that it was Mr. Smith's intention to take out a patent for his valuable improvement. This, however, he has never done, and his son, Mr Francis II . Smith, of this city, called at our office a day or two ago, and gave us permission to make known for the benefit of the public, his father's method of

personal attractions, draw around her friends and admirers: and when she is at ii it

bout to be translated irom scnoia-no pursuits and maiden habits to the norr- ele

vated pphere in which the wife and nmihrt :. kn ...: . .

er moves, nereis iut-uymg momeni.

I'he ardent admirer sees in the object ot

his fond affection nothing but what h truly amiable: he finds her all that glowingf fan-

cv had painted; but when the giddy lov-

er is eupprceden ny me leinperaie im-

band, and he anxiously examines witn

deeper scrutiny into tne quaimes or net'

head and heart; he issnociieu oeyonn expression to find youth and beauty under the deformity of a confirmed bad temper

and he dates his misery anrJ tinnapptness from the moment of his unfortunate discovery he finds that nature has not been munificent in this blessing, but neglect had strengthened natural propensities, like a fair garden which is allowed to be over-run with weed. If he is blessed with wealth, he cannot enjoy it, from the fretful contradictions ot her temper, if he has to labor with care and anxiety, his home is always hateful to him; if he advises he is treated with neglect; if he admonishes he is threatened with displerure: if he raises his voice in ancer. he is availed with tenfol i vio

lence his servants refuse to remain with him his friends will not sacrifice their comfort to her splenetic humour she is unhappy herself, and makes every ooe unhappy around her, while her husband, driven to sources for enjoyment, too frequently plunges into dissipation and ruin, because he cannot find that happy retreat which his ardent fancy had painted. A bad temper, therefore, in a woman, poisons all happiness, and turns her milk to gall blights her youth, and brings on premature, fretful old age palls all her enjoyments banishes her friends, and renders her home, comfortless and barren. Far differentis the ripe, rich harvest of a home made bright and happy by the sweet temper and mild department of an amiable wife, who, if sfihrtions cross her hus

band abroad, finds comfort and consolation in his domicile is happy in a companion whose temper is like the silver surface of a lake, calm, serene, and unruffled. If he is rich, his admiring friends rejoice in his prosperity, and delight in his hospital ity, because all around is light, airy, and sunshine ; if he is poor, he breaks his crust in peace and thankfulness, for it is not steeped in the waters of bitterness. An amiable temper i a jewel of inestimable valu in the sum of earthly happiness, because with that alone, the whims of a cross hueband may be subdued many vices may be overcome, the bontrous may be tamed : the unruly conquered ; the fretful tranquilized; and the hurricane softened and hushed, as the mild zephyr that sweeps o'er the honeysuckle under the casement.

preparing the oil, which is merely mixing with it spirits of turpentine, with which it

Mr. Barnes left the boat at Memphis readily combines, in the proprtion of one

(where he lived) badly wounded, though) of the latter to four of the oil. The simiot supposed dangerous: the sailor who idicitv of this manner of nrpnarir.fr if on-

first attacked him was beyond all possible! banres the value of the rommnrliiv or

" I J V. J hopes of recovery. The boat had a large considerably.

quantity of passengers on board at the

lime this afldir took place, and our infer

mant states that near one hundred left her at Memphis in consequence of it.

1 he mate is by the name of Joseph llolinsou, and is reported as being of a very disagreeable disposition, controlled by passions or the worst nature. Ve have rarelv heard of transactions

As to the excellence of the composition

for the purpose of lighting rooms, there can be but ooe opinion by all who have tried it. It is at least equal to the best sperm we ever saw in its quality and combustion, and in its appearance decidedly superior. We are uow writing by a lamp filled with it, and a finer Iicht we never saw. The

be instructed to use their best endeavors! the law annexes to their crirot.

ol a baser character than this, which if'Iamp has been burning three hour9, and

there has not been the slightest appearance of crust oti the wick, and on extinguishing the flame there isr.o fire remaining in the wick, as is geneially the case with sperm oil, except of the very best quality iudeed,m the extinguishment and m the re lighting of the lamp of this oil, there is a etrang similarity to that cf gas

tully accomplished as was designed, must hae produced a scene tragical beyond parallel . The matter cannot be loo rigidly scru tinized,the public safety requites it should be and the guilty offenders made commute by suffeiiiifr that punishmpor mhirf,

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A CHAPTER ON TEMPER. The following 19 an editorial paragraph

from the New York Evening Star Let

it be read by every one the husband, the wife, the ardent lover and the blooming

maiden. It i9 a picture well drawn, and

will be found an easy remedy to do away the perplexities of married life, and to render pleasant and agreeable the domes tic circle, which before was made tur bulent by storms of anger and passion, while it inculcates to the unmarried a jusi criterion by which virtue may be known

and estimated when found. Again we say,

let it be read it may do much good. Buffalo Advertiser . One of the most impressive admoni

tions ever given to a mother, is found in the advice of her physician, never to nourish her infant when in a passion as the pure fountain from whence it derives support, is for a time poisoned by the ebullitions of rage, and convulsions and death too frequently follow. How dreadful, therefore, i9 the consequence of passion.

when it may even endanger the lite ot the innocent being at the very moment

when it receives the nourishment so necessary for its existence and how frequently is every enjoyment, through life

poisoned by giving way to the force ot a crabbed, petulent, wayward temper Something may be charged to Dame Nature in the formation of our tempers, but more to early impressious to proper corlections, to severe admonitions iu repress mg and checking the gusts of pa9siou in a child. This watchful and anxious duty is more necessary with a daughter than with a son, because the boy is thrown upon the world: mingles with mankind, aud rude nessand passion are promptly checked by prompt punishment and the rough treat ment he experiences on life's stormy bil lows, is an efficient corrective of a bay temper. Not with a girl. From hei puuils and domestic habits, she is necessarily estranged from the world until that

periou arrives wnen sue is called upon to

take an interest in its bustling concerns wheu her accomplishments, ed, probublf

The following is a section of a bill lately reported in the Legislature of New Jersey: "Sec. 19. If the manager, conductor, engineer, agent, or any other person having the direction of any steam carriage, used for conveying passengers or for conveying, drawing or propelling other car riages with passengers, shall from ignorance or gross negligence, or wilfully, or travelling at a greater speed than at tho rate of twenty miles an hour, so direct, manage or conduct the said steam carriage, or any apparatus belonging thereto, as to burst or break the boiler or other machinery, or as to overturn, break down or otherwise affect the same, or any carriage in the vicinity thereof, by means whereof any person shall be killed, any such manager, conductor, engineer, agent, or other person, "shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter."

CURIOUS CLOCK. The most curious thing in the Cathedral of Lubeck, is a clock of singular construction, and high antiquity. It is calculated to answer astronomical purposes, representing the places of the un and moon in the ecliptic, the moon's age, a perpetual almanac, and many other contrivances. The clock, as an inscription sets forth, was placed in the church upon Candlemas-day, in 1405 Over the face of it appears an image of our Saviour, and on either side of the image are folding doors, so constructed as to fly open every day when the clock strikes twelve. At this hour, a set of figures representing (he twelve apostles come out from the door on the left hand of the image, and pass by in review betoie it, each figure making its obeisance by bowing as it passes that of our Saviour, and afterwards entering the doors on the right hand. When the procession terminates, the doors

close. Clarke's Travels in Scandinavia.

Chil

uren

sold A scarcity of rice in

Chaouchow foo, on the east of Canton.

has increased the demand and raised the price of provisions in this city. In consequence of this, the Governor and Foouen have sent out a proclamation forbidding

rich merchants to hoard up rice beyond a certain quantity, thereby increasing iu price and distressing the poor. Still, tho' the price has lisen but very little, man' of the poor suffer much. Instances arc numerous, where parents have been goin2f through the streets, leading their children by the hand, and offering them tor sale. They are urged to this painful necessity, for want of provisions for themselves as well as their children. In cases of this kind, the purchaser is requited to give a written promise that he will provide foe the child, treat it well, &ic. We know an instance only a few days ago, where a little child six years of age, was sold for Canton pacr.