Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 April 1834 — Page 1

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INCSNNES GAZETTE, y Is Published cvcri Saturday, j Li j: Si vi 4 a Terms 2 50, if paid durina the year. $1 ). if paid in advance. $i 00, if not paid during (he year i'l 2, tor fix month?. Taprrs discontinued only at the option of the publisher while arrearages ait- due. nT"A''veiti'5Mn.'nt3 making one square orle? Will he inserted th.ee times for on- dollar, and tvventy-Uvecent' f,.r every subsequent insertion ; fuller advertisements in the ?aino ratio.

rt.ivem-en.eiiti -cut without orders, will in 811 r l;ts he insert. (1 until forbid, and charged at-.i-i-rdinly Such arlti-h'S of produce, a are ed in a family, will be rcied in payment for subscription;, cuhe market price, deli vcred in Vin-cennes.

MIOIIT DiHi riiONS FO!t TiiANSrr,.Ti(;. Fon 1 is a? twf-rssary to the health am! growth nf plants, hs it is to'aniinal . TheUst food f r plants 1 rich pulverised earth, -r rather, the vegetable matter whit h it contains. ') hat your trees and shrubs mnv live hu.I thrive, proceed

a follows; I i ir for your tre e?, holes at least three feet in diameter, and eighteen niche deep, and for shrubs a propoi tionnte size and depth, tlirowins: :uvy the lower spit of earth Then fill up the hole to a proper h ieht for set titijT (he tree, with rich surfare eaith, or p rtcrtly rotted manure, Meruit d with four out of five parts ot cni'th S' t your (ree, ami cover with surface soil, (redding: down w hen the roots is covered with earth. See that the roots are trimmed of all hr iised atel br ken parts; that they are sPM;ir.'cly extended in their natural direction; that line earth every where comes in contact with Hu m. A potatoe or t wo, or a e;ill ef flaxseed or oats, may be advantageously placed in the hole before the tree is set, and a pail f water turned in after the hole is two third- filled. The rich earth affords nutritive pasture for the young roots to range ii; the potatoes &c. keep the ground loose and moist, anil enable them to roam freely ; and the water brines the earth in coutat t with the roots, nnd prevents them from becoming mouldy.

Keep the ground dee of grns? as far as the roots extend ; for these exhaust (he moisture and nutriment necessary to the plant: and exclude from

the roots, air and heat, the indispensable agents to vigorous crowth. Treat your trees as vou

would favorite corn hills which you wish to

make the mot of, except give them no unrot-

ted duns. Wa-'onsr with a stroiisr ley in May

will destroy ins. 'i ts, and promote the heahh and

vig"r of your trees

I o oorson iivincr remote, or who are una-

nhle to obtain their trees for early spring planting, we recommend that they procure them in the autumn, ami lay them ia by lh( lift I, as nurserymen technically term it ; which is merely to dig a trench on a dry piece of trround, laying the earth on cue side the trench wide enough to contain the roots; put the rooi into this, close together, letting the stocks re-t in an incloo'd oo-iti n upon the bivdi of earth, and then cover the roots and part of the stocks with earth. In thi way they escape injury from the fro-ts of winter, and are in readiness for

coming every day mote into notice,) and, DIABOLICAL MURDER, on all occasions prove?, (h it it is not injur The town of Natchitoches was recently ed by being planted with other vegeta j made (he scene of a mot awful murder. Men. In winter, when all other gr een j On (he 3d ult. a gentleman from Arkanfood fads, (hi? species of cabbage, which; sas of genteel exterior, named Worthing, is from four to fix feet high, trives a irreati ton, was lodged in a nuhhc hotel, in a

abundance and lasts a long time. The I room with a number of other boarders

large leaves ate lo be cut for cattle; a new ! About 3 o'clock in the morning, when all growth lakes place even during the win-j was silent as the chambers of death, ter lo (he spring, when all oiher vege- i Worthington rose from his pillow, armed tables are scarce, this plant furnishes aivvith a large and formable weapon (someerreat quantity of bud?, which are jeli-times called an "Arkansas knife,1') and emus, anil ar e not surpassed by asparagus j commenced an indiscriminate attack upon

jThe leaves are also excellent nourishment his unconscious roommates. A gentle-

for sheep, particular iy for turh as give man from Point Coupee ; whose name we

;ntlk dining (he winter. The seeds; do not know, was stabbed to the heart, should be sown in the spring, or at (he and closed his eyes forever, and per haps commencement of summer; before thejwithouta struggle! An elderly gentleplants get two laige, they should he plant man. from Mobile, received a dangerous

ed out at (he distance of two feet they wound. After wounding two others in the succeed ery well with turnips. same room (one of (hem his bed fellow )

- V orthiogton rushed out, probably with Honey licust beer. Recipe. Take one 'the intention of making his escape, but bu-hel of honey locusts, seeds and pods, j mistaking the way, as it is supposed , he when about i ipe, break them up into alascended another' flight of stairs, which barrel, and till it with boiling water; leljied to the garret, where two negro men it !-t;md until milk warm, then add a pint 'were sleeping on the floor, lie encoutid good yeast. Putin the bung lightly, ! tered them in crossing the room, and until fermentation is nearly over, then dealt a blow at each, wounding both aud rack off, as with cider, when clear, bottle 'one of them severely. He then descend it and wire the corks When kerd ufew'ed. but in leaniner from the crallerv snrain

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ed his ancle. He however lied ; and wri

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peciallv ns a nlarp nf " " ,1U 'mi" cs- . , 1 "J J 'riVE ROBBERY. He was Pft excellence.- A letter containing eight one thousand ii- was taken there. It , Si, ,1 ik;, dnr r,:n, . -i i J! T5 .

lortumre iwrcn .Q r T . um- uiaiieu hi iew ur eansto me .I t, I L0,"S 3'aml' and h0USeof S & Allen : Co. Bo,ion, by

r aiung 10 procure it in the

-,. ,ry, ne concluded lo return to New 1 ork : took lod PrI,r Unit ronnocrnl f 1.

i lodg:in?9 and rpnusclol i l.

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j - i j ---..Ji niiii.ii a was aiiveiiiseii iu

former city, was intercented while in the

custody of the Post Office, and no (id iocs

could be gained of it for ten or twelve

mc Ior lhe feam Boat This extraorHiuary occurrence happened about nine o clock on Thursday night last. Not a

Wd9 "rouen.-'AtW Corn Herald

months it is euual to soarklin? rham

r v paigne It may Ue used in two days alter

ii i made. Western Tiller.

F LI ATI N (i ?l ATT It F.SS. Amoogtbe recent improvements of the

day, we consider the "Seaman's Ued or

overtakeu about two miles from the 6jot.

lie was sane at the time, but is a man of intemperate habits Phil Intel.

A Fatal Mistake - Not long sincn a man in N York was observed sitftner astride a

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f loaung Mattress," invented by Mr. Israel jcasli on one of the wharfs, apparently

iMartin, of p.oston, as one of the most use

ful. The mattress is cased with India

rubber water proof cloth, and filled with cork shavings. It is si mule in its construe-

t, t - - iron i solt, elastic and comfortaMe to

asleep A person went lo awaken him.

and shaking him by the arm he rolled off from the cak a dead man. He was one ot that miserable class of men known in

seaports a rum drinkers They provide

sleep on, and possesses the greater utilty j themselves with agrmblet and a reed, and of being a Life "preserver " On the wa j having pierced a cask, place themselves ter it will support two persons, and it is I astride of it and pas-sug the reed under

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"a""""' iiai pi a lie i roo 5 uuoi ur mm msn "oisauni. i use 11 1 1 III l lie UU I e l u e v ' i p r q ( ,.,i .l w . r. from smkinn- bv nnP of tbem If tbi. have made. nri ...p.i . I, l.on! , 1 r the Lieutenant Governor,

.J . . i. . ""o ,VV-J M. J. isatlour. ren ierl thnt I .r

" us ninr . 1 ftir.n.c

The New Orleans Bee. n-ier4 i

statement of (he suflerings of (he passen gers of the brig Knoorntum wrecked on her voyage from Charleston to New Orleans If the facts detailed are true, it requires speedy interference and prompt explanation.

The vessel struck about midnight, on

uiej.j o, February, on Tish Key Reef oil the northeast part of Abaco, and the passengers and crew, C9 in number, succeeded m making their way to the nearest land, where (hey remained four days and 'jights subsisting on nee which was drenched w,ih salt water, and what fish they were able to catch Thev were uken lroun there by wreckers, to Nassau, in the ,-l.nd of New Providence, where they state that they weie treated in the moJt insulting and inhospitable manner by the British authorities A number of slaves, belonging to the passengers, were landed ind conducted to the Custom House and declared to be free and independent sub. jects of William (he Fourth. Then mas. ters waited on ;he American Consul, and di sired to know whether the slaves could he taken back (o the United Slates. Tire Consul thought it advisable to have (he Governor's opinion on the subject, and accordingly addressed him a polite note, stating that some of the slaved were ex

tremely anxious to return with their mas-

nui city and elsewhere, and a reward of offered for its recovery. On Saturday hw, however, one of the notes was prefiented to the Branch in Boston, and detained on su-picion by the Teller, but the boy who offered it escaped. He wa- finally discovered and proved to be a lad employed in the office of the Boston Courier to carry papers to the Post Oflice, m doim? which he had managed to attract the letter. The money was recovered except fifteen dollars, which was all that had been expended, and the. boy and & young man who was impliratod in thetransaction were taken into custody Sylvesters Reporter.

true, and we have no reason to doubt itjdraw at their leisure.

every steamboat in the Union shouid be amply furnished with (hem Had (he cahbin of the William Penn, recently lost on the Delaware, been provided with them, we believe riot a soul would have perished. Eve Gaz

INDIA RUBBER. Noting people may remember when the principle u-e ot this, was to rub out pencil marks, as old ones may recollect when the utility of steam was hardly known The gum elastic was sort of curiosity only, and team was used principally to tllllstratn t ! 1 1 ra t r I I f n ma In

tarlv pbritnu in the spring. beanie?, better; , , plant are generally obtained in the nutunm iLgl nd has been discovered a solvent for

tlmn Hi the spring, alter nurseries have been , me i uooer ami a process ror urying it a

had mounted a cask of spirits of twine, and in his greedy thirst had drawn immediate death.

culled

Early Vork Cabbage. Sour, in February on hot betls March and April in the open air then transplanted into good rich soil. A fine early sort V.arb) Low Dutch Cabbage Sowed in hot beds in Fohruary; in the o;e ir in April; then transplanted into ood rich soil. A very fine early sort. Parsb i. Sow early in April in drill?, an inch deep ami twelve inches apart Parsnip. Put the seed in drills early in April, if they have not been in .March. The soil should bo deep. Ptpper. Sow the seed in a warm border, the last ot April, an ! then transplant eighteen inches apart; or sow (lie seed in May, in drills, two feet apart. Turnips This is one of our most valuable vegetable. It is better however, for field thun garden culture, succeeding best on land newlycleared, and richly manured. For e.irly garden crop, the seed may tie sown in April. Like moit other vegetable?, they should be IreoienUy hoed.

gam I lie original gum is the juice of a plant found abundantly in Brazil and sev

eral other countries. It otrgmaluse was

Horrid Accident A most distressing accident occurred m Winchendon (Mass) Factory, on Monday, the 24ih ult. The following particulars we got from a letter from (hat place, to a gentleman in this town; Amos Adams, a young man about 15 veais of age, one of the car l strippers n attempting to unwind a bell which had got wound up lound (he main line of a -haft, (a three inch shaft, which we are inlormed revolves more than bun ired tims in a minute,) in the card room, HJght bis fingers under the strap His

right arm was wound round and lound the shaft, breaking it in tour places, smashing the colUr bone, and drawing the shoulder

men presumed to reoiove the slaves they should be banged, and all accessaries should be implicated and meet a similar fate. Several ladies were on board the wreck ed vessel, and respectable merchants of Charleston and New Orleans.

AN AFFECTING CASE.

Stolen Mail. The Mail from New Orlean for Boston, of Feb. 19th, is missing, and i- supposed to have been stolen in Mas A lad presented a g 1.000 United Sta(es Note at the Branch in BoMon, Idfit Saturday, which bad been in company with eveu others, contained in a letter from New Orleans of the date we have mentioned The Teller stopped to the h- use to whom the letter was addressed, and having ascertained that the Note was one of those remitted , i eturned to the Bank, but (he boy had disappeared, and has not yet been found.

SCARCITY IV RUSSIA. The Emperor of Russia has permitted, in mnsequence of the dearth, spirits .0 bo extracted from potatoes and manglewurzel The faiiure of the crops appears chiefly to ffli t the southern provinces ot the empire -the northern rejoiced in a good harvest In the neighborhood of Odessa the people are suffering very severely, and the crop is said not to have exceeded the need for three successive harvests. Cattle are so cheap for want of bvlder, that cows are sold for three or five florins, or they are killed for food "For three months," one letter savs. 4itho

poor have not tasted bread, and their ca-

A person respectable appearance ap lamitous state extends to sixty German

men ai me i once umce a tew days since' nues 3rouwl Odessa."

to clean paper and even (his seems :iot to j from its socket. In the flight and con-

have been known till about 1770, when it

was sold iu London for three shillings an inr h TheCautchouc owes its value to its being impervious to air and water Some of the earlier form it assumed were teyi, balls and over s!ioe--the latter however, comparatively receut. Alter it was dis covered to be soluble in the essential oil of turpentine. &to it was applied m cloth.

canvass and boots, a delence ugainst nuns

for the release of his wile from the Peni

lenuary, where -he had been sent by a magistrate about two months before, from representations made to lura of her being an habitual drunkard. Her husband had formerly been a respectable manufacturer

of mathematical instruments; but about eight years ago he had the misfortune to become totally blind, and was compelled to relinquish his business. He was obliged t . close his concerns at a very great sacrifice, and finally to part with every article of value in his possession II13 wife, becoming melancholy at the near prospect of actual want, gradually be

came addicted to drink: neirlected her

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Vernation of the moment, mot of the gnlsstopped their machinery, thereby in creasing the speed of the shaft. In this horrid situation he was carried round fr m fifty to one hundred times with the

shaft - everv revolution doubling his body ''"-"hand and children, who had no other

and threshing his letr agattft the floor j means of support than her industry, aud above, and then again-t the cards beiow I subsisted upon the alms of a few ch irita breaking one of his thighs in t wo places, h'e individuals, who had known the hus-

rd knocking bis feet 10 pumice TheJani when in prosperity. In February

A letter from

Carlsrube mentions, as a proof of the mildness of the present beason, that oa

the 2oth of January, 1833, the cold was the most intense, viz. 10 decrees heloey zero; to day, January 25. 1834, the mer curv in the thermometer is at 11 1-2 degrees above zero, being a difference of 2112 degrees. The Russian government have resolved to admit all grnui and pulse duty free, in consequence of the failure of the harvest in Russia

case was beyond eurgiral skill, and no op-

ture. Cloth may by these means be ma ie eration was performed He survived the

acmieni seven Hours. 111s head was uninjured, and he retained his mental faculties perfect, to the last. He bore his mis,

YKIXOWS IN PEACHES. Th New York Farmer lor February ha? Kn article under the bead of -Rctrus recthe Criticism on the frst scric, vj the '"c:;- York Farmer." In tieaimg ot the reach be says: "The late Andrew Par

mpt.tier.of Brooklyn, recommen. led inn,j

and also bruised sorrel, to be put atouud the tree, to prevent the injury from worms. Dirt heaped up a tew inches has the ame effect. He thinks the yellozs is caused by improper transplanting 11 I'm we think, is calcuUteu to mi-lead young horticulturists II there is any to which we may apply the term disease among liuit trees it is to the yellows. It is capable ot being

communicated from one tree to auothei, and the consequence is certain death In 1830. we procured a limb from a tree which bad the yellowg, and set a bud ir. a seedling tree uf two years1 growth, which was very thrifty. Our neighbor also set one of the buds from the same cion in a vounf? tree, which, until then, had grown

well. Both trees gave evident maiksot the yellow the next summer.and both have Bince died There is no doubt hut the disease m be communicated to young

trees bv pruning a diseased tree

not nretend to account for the manner

which the virus acts, but the tact that U id capable of being communicated uy inoculation has been fully demonstrated.

Whether it is or is not capable ot oeiug communicated by the pollen when the trees are in tlower we are not prepared to eay. Every possible pams should be, taken to prevent its spreading

On the Culture of Cesarean Kale. The

culture of this variety, fCajs.ii.ean kale.)

-tronger, and become impervious o water. Seaman's beds or fl iting m attrasses are

covered with cloth prepared in this way ' ery w ith the most astonishing fortitude, on? of which, live feet ten inches by three) and related all the circuio-tances of the feet, sustain" 40u) pounds weight in the c ie with great coolnesa He seemed to water A common bed is a great conductor 1 1 ke a kind of satisfaction iu looking at of contagion, not so one of these ruattra-ses ; his mangled limbs, aud every now and

I'bev are also favorable to a combrta-j then his head, at Ins own request, was hie repose, and afford little shelter for raised up for that purpose.

'lie verminous pirate thai so onen miesi iJumiioie leiegrapn.

beds on shore.

Similar cloth has been satisfactorily

last, she was -eeu iu a siaie of brutal in

toxication and conveyed on a cart to the Police Office He had in ide frequent applications for medical assistance, and every effort was made by his friends for the restoration of hi siht, hut without producing the desired effect. After the commitment ot his wife, he was induced to undergo an operation, by which the cataracts were remov ed from his eyes in eleven seconds, and in less than a fortnight his eye sight was perfectly restored. His wife promised re formation so heartily, that he resolved to petition tor her release, which the presiding magistrate readily granted. A". Y. Standard.

We do

m

We listened on Friday to a thrilling

tested in the hose of tire engines and three j recital of the perilous condition, and mir thicknesses will sustain a presuje of one aculous escape of a gentleman b.boriog, hundred nounds to the scmare inch. It is! as is believed, under t,e effects of mental

more flexible than leather and is getting alienation. The cry of murder wsj Fatal Mistake O i Saturday evening, into extensive use. Portable bathing tubs heard ! It proceeded from a building in j 'he son of Elisha N orcross, a fine boy, are also marie of the same cloth, to be 'Race street, near 3 I, woich arrested the eleven years old, took ill and his mother

suspended from a frame The cloth is attention of nnr inlormant and others who wished to administer magnesia to mm.

also used as covering for waggons, tents,' were passing by at rhe moment, and m my &c These facts are taken from the Sci- within the neighboring nuildings 1 tuevv nniii'ir TmpIq hut we remark in another tin their windows to ascertain whence

th..t' a' -tri.. of rubber around a'the cry came: at the moment, a man in ! took the necessary quantity and gave it

rheumatic joint, willcute the d.sease this linen was seen to rush from a window, to the child. Immediately he complain-

lioston tsve. Uazette. ami course hrs way rannllv along ine eves uneuiai -aiu..uii.,.u.c fc

r. jof six three story buildings, cry ing as he India Rvbber Mail Rags. A writer in went murder ! -murder !! murder '.lithe New Bedford Mercury, suggests the Every eye that beheld him, snapped and propriety of covering the leather mail flashed with horror, and every bosom was

bags now in use, with bags made ot inuia heaved with agonv! Rubber, as a preventive to the injury j On reaching the parapet he fell, heels which the contents of the mails frequent-lover head, over upon the roof of a second y sustain bv being expose I to the wcath- story house, and from thence to the pave er. The su'ietion 19 a good one, and we ment A he fell a shriek from hundreds hope it will be adopted t voices announced the awful catatro

pne; wneu instantly on smiting ine pave

ment, his tall 00 which sounded like the

A Talc of Mystery In the year 1734 savs a correspondent) the following circumstance took place in a village in Lincolnshire. It was the wedding day of Mr and Mrs. Griffin I mean the actual not the anniversary wedding day and the jocund bridegroom, bride and heir quests vere assembled in the drawingroom, when a servant entered, and said a gentleman had called and wished (o speak with Mr Griflin, that he was waiting be low etairs and would not come up, because particular business. Mr. Griffin desired his company to excuse him lor a few minutes, and he quitted the room. One hour

j elapsed, no bridegroom , two .ours, he did

not appear; thr ee, (our, he had not returned . The servants one and all declared that they had seen their master and tho gentleman walk into the garden, from whence they bad not returned. Now a high brick wall, in which there vva9 no outlet, and over which no person could climb except by a ladder, enclosed the garden, which when eearclfcd, was found empty, whilst at the same lime Mr Griffin and his friend, the gentleman,' could not have walked out at the hall door without being, from its situation, seen and heard bx the servants in the kitchen. Time fled

She thought he had some in the house, j and Mr. Griffin did not return. No: and

and having searched for it, found it, as 1 although his lady lived to be nearly nine-

Fecundity of the Lioness. -An extraor-'cracking of bones and the crushing in of

tiinary bir th took place in V omhweil s'the skull, he sprang upon his feet, and

she imagined, in a bottle, from which she

tributed to the affects of the magnesia; but

the child became so rapidly worse, and so convul-ed with torture, that she thought it necessary to call in a physician, who on being shown the supposed magnesia, pronounced it to be arsenic. It was then too late to attempt saving the child's life, and heshoitly afterwards expired. Gam Obst

ly years nf age, she never gained tidings

of the spouse thus so mysteriously spirited aivay. Lincolnshire Chronicle.

ineuagf ne on Tuesday last, at KeighU-.y.

The Li ones produced four retuaikaby tine cubs: the y on.ig ones and their mother are all doing well. The noble lion, Wallace,

is the aire This makes nine, in number thit she has produced in leS3 than nine months: On the 21-4 of Mar h, at Wor

cester, four in August, at Biandtord, one;

fllllUlC Ul IU'3 lalinii i.- . - ' rj wakes every day greater progress, (island on thu 17th msl. tont.-Lng. Farcr

and wildly ran, still crying, murder! murder!! He was overtaken, and found to

be in an extreme state ot nervou3 agita

tion, and still impressed with the belief

that he was pursued, ami (hat his life was to be taken. After a while he became a little composed, when he begged to be taken to the Hospital, saying fie had alAiays heard Philadelphiaos spoken well

Suicide in Congress. M r. Blair, representative in Congress from South Carolina, committed suicide on the 2d of April. He was subject to occasional fits of delirium,

and a man of violent temperament. The act was committed in his own room in the presence of one or more friends who visited him, on his sick bed. He rose and slept on one side, and the report of the fatal pitol was instant. Cin. Gaz.

The Berkshire (N. J ) Advocate stales, that a young lady of New York, who wore an ultra fashionable frock and anttletts, being on a visit to ber friends in New Jersey, was apprehended and car ried before a Dutch magistrate, on a charge of wearing men1 apparel! The Goth fined her five dollars and costs, for the breaches of the statue iu that causa provided.

A well proportioned gentleman lately remarked, that "Antimasonry had reached Eogtand." "It is good enough for them,'1 replied one who beard the remark, "for they eent us the Cholera i''

In Northfield, Mass. not long since, there was discovered under the roots of a tre a nest rd" snakes in a torpid state

J i.:n.r nnt leeQ thun nnn tinnrfrert r. tA

There are upwards of 200 Coffee houses be- ' 0

sidea tavern;, in C'iociunati.

five.