Vincennes Gazette, Volume 4, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 July 1834 — Page 1

I IJ"CI2JWJE&, IJYDMJWli JULY 19, 1334.

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barrel of fat beef for my family's use du- the reasons why 1 left that department, ring the winter. The barrel of bef was f the story is a long one, it carries with sent to me agreeably to contract ; but be- it some pohtical reminiscences of interest fore I had used one quarter of it, I observ-at this time. New York has always been cd it tainted, ami so much to as toetnellithe head quarters of intrigue, and the quite offensive. The beef being very fat abode of unsafe politicians, "from the peund fine, 1 was loth to throw it away. Ijriod when the three parties existed in made the following experiment: I pro-ithj, State in 1783, viz: the strong govcured a half bushel of charcoal, and after ! ernment party, the federal party, ami the taking cut the beef and throwing away ' republican party, down to the establishIhe offensive pickle, I repacked it in the ; ment of that tyrannical and mercenary barrel, laying the pieces of charcoal be joligarchy , known by the name of the Altween the pieces; and making a new bany Regency. It has been my fate, pickle, and adding a little saltpetre, I cov- g0od or bad, as a political editor, to have cred the beef, and in about six days found 'been always independent of leaders, and

it as sweet and good as it was when first, put up. JS'tu) Ytirk Farmer. TrllLDlAV.

When wheat becomes badly mildewed, - prsue,j. This incorrigible and uncollarthe gram ceases to derive further nourish-! et courae always told well enough with

tnetit from the root the ascent of the sap to the head is wholly obstructed; and the sooner it is cut the better. Although the grain will be more or less shrivelled, it will nevertheless retain a good color. To dh csl Mdk and Hutler of fie taste nf Turn';it, Cabbage, kc. upon which cows have been i

fed. Tut int each pail ot milk wl.en fresh j 1 ' '- " '" 111 drawn from the cows, onepoint of boiling wa-1 pledge ot tidellty,SO far, at least, as to ter. The heat of the water dispels the odorofjvoto for him on the first ballot, after

the turnip, which becomes volatile ai the temperature of the iuillv is increased. Tin's has been practised and proved to bo effectual, by the writer, in cases where the cows have been fed two or three months in the year upon Swedish turriio0. Marshal states that hot water is equally effectual, when thus applied, in removing the lato of wild onions and leeks. NFAV IXVEXTIOX. We have examined the drawing of a machine to gather gram as it stand in the field without cutting. It is called the Locomotive Thresher ; intending to be moved by horse power and with the assistance of three men or boys of fifteen years of age, is calculated to go over ten acres of wheat or other grain per day, and gather eay two hundred bushels; leaving the straw standing on the ground threshed as clean as is genernlly done in the ordinary way, thereby saving all the expense of harvesting; and by ploughing in or burning the etraw, it is tuposed the ground may be tilled aJ infinitum without diminishing it9 fertility. Should this invention succeed it will afford another inducement for farmers to inhabit and cultivate those beautiful Prairies which abound in the far West. The ingenious inventor is Mr. John T. Vail, of La Porte, Indiana, formerly of this town. Ilahxvay Advertiser. WHITE WASH. As the citizen? of our village have, to their credit, turned their attention to painting and whitewashing the outside of their buildings, we insert the following in hope something may bo drawn from it to their advantage on the tcoro of utility and economy. Ohio Farmer. Ineumtnutible Wask and Stucco Ulalp. Jt'ath. The basis for both is lime, which must bo first slacked with hot water, in a small tub or pig.'iu, Mini covered, to keep in the steam; it then ?hould be pas?cd in a fluid for, through a fine sieve, to obtain the il ur of th lime. It must be put on with a painter's brush two coats are best for outfide work. l ir't To tiMke a fluid for the roof, and other parts of wooden houses, to render them incombustible, and coating for brick, tile, stono work end rouh cast, to render them impervious to the water, and give them a durable and liandsomo appearance. The proportions in each recipe are five gallons. Slack your lime as before directed, say six quarts, into which put fine quart of clear rock salt tor each pululi oi wntiT, to be entirely dissolved by boiling, and .!.-.. Mined clean : (hen add to the five gallon one pc.und of ohnn, half pound of coppcra, three

fourths of a round of potash the last to be

t;radurillv added; four quarts of fine sand or hard wood ashes must also be added; any coloring matter may be mixed in such quantity as to trive it the requisite shade. It will look better than paint, and be as lasting as slate. It must be put on hot. Old shingles must be cleaned with a stiff broom, when this may be applied. It will stop the small leaks, prevent moss from crowing, render them iucumbustible and last many years. Second. To make a brilliant Stucco White Wash for buildings, inside and out. Take clean lumps of well burnt stone lime; slack the same as before; add one-fourth of a pound of whiting or burnt allum pulverized, one pound of loaf or lump su-ar, three pints of rice Hour made into very Uim an(1 bojcJ jellev, and one pound of clean clue, dissolved in the same manner as cabinet makers do. This may he applied cold within doors, but warm outside. It will be more brilliant than plaster of paris, and retain its brilliancy for many years, say from fifty to one hundred. It is superior nothing equal. The east end of the resident's bouse in Washington is washed with it. From the jVeru York Evening Star. 3IH. SENATOR AVJUCHT THE CUSTOM HOLsi: AM) Till SUUVIIYOKS OFFICE. The correspondent of the American states, that in reply to n remark made by Mr. Clay relative to the political exertions of persons employed in the customs, Mr. Senator w right, of this State, said that no such insinuations had been made before the dismissal of .1r. JS'oah from of fice, and he had read only such charges in the Star. I have always been under the impression that I had resigned the office of surveyor; it was not so put forth, I believe, by the official paper at the time; hut 1 now learn from the declaration of Mr. Senator Wright, that I was dismissed from office; and as dismission and resignation are words of very different import, it may be well to inquire how this came to pas, and it will also serve the double purpose of replying to many verbal and written applications demanding to know to have advocated what I conceived to be sound principles, without stopping to inquire what individual suffered, or who was nromnled bv the course f mnv havp the people, but it brought mc into disre pute with the intriguing and ambitious; and 1 was sure to be marked by them for punishment when they could get me down, which they frequently did. I was so unfortunate as to commit Mr. Van Bu ren in favor of Wm. II. Crawford for the ,, . , , . ', ', , , . which it was his intentiou to have voted for John Quincy Adams; to secure his election, and to accept, in return, such '.contingent reward, as services and influ ence of that nature have rendered unavoidable; for be it known, that at that time, and at no time, was Mr. Van Buren friendly to General Jackson, or had any confidence in his fitness or claims to the office of President. The columns of the Argus will bear me out in this assertion. .Mr. Clay, however, was tco quick and too sagacious for the Little Magician, and Mr. Adams was elected by Congress on the first ballot. Mr. Van Buren's re-election for Senator was most desirable to him, and he saw at once that he could only succeed by obtaining the votes of the friends of Mr. Adams in our legislature; so he professed to be satisfied with lii- administration, and took no hostile altitude, until, by the votes of the Adams men, he succeeded in securing his! seat in the Senate. lie then attempted to obtain ofiice under Air. Adams, and several efforts were made to secure his confidence. Finding that Mr. Van Buren was attempting to sell the democralic party to Mr. Adams, I forthwith ran up the Jackson flag under the head of the New York Enquirer, and by this act incurred the severe displeasure of Mr. Van Buren and the Regency, for presuming to declare in favor of Mister Jackson, as they called him, before they had exhaust ed their efforts to win over President Adams, or had time to open negotiations with Gen. Jackson's friends. Mr. Adams, however, was determined to try his fortune without Van Buren, and he declined purchasing him: and when Mr. Kufus King was appointed Minister to England, and Gen. Jackson's prospects strengthen ed, Mr. Van Buren threw himself into the current, and came out for the General, after the battle had been fought, and in sight of victory, giving as his reasons, to a New Vork Politician, whom I can name, if necessary, that Gen. Jackson, of all the can didatcs, "ji-as the tasiest to manage." When appointed Secretary of State, rather reluctantly, too, by Gen. Jackson, Mr. Van Bureu modestly thought, under all circumstauces, that he ought to make

the appointments for the State of New ceived in him; they believed that manv Voik; but Gen. Jackson came in with a ' things in his administration would be riht determination to be President, and was, and that some might be wrong; they made then surrounded by honest, able and faith-jevery allowance for the defects of his ful friends, and Mr. Van Buren saw the 'education and his military habits, but one

necessity of pursuing a cautious course to get the General in liis clutches first, and then use him for his purposes, and use him up, as he has since done. I applied for the office of Surveyor, to enable me to repair the losses which the paper had sustained in a political contest, in which I had to contend against mercantile interests and patronage as well as the power of the Albany Regency. I also ap-

plied for the ofiice on the ground of 20ition was a broad, bold, enternrisinc ias

years of faithful and successful servicesjsion carried onward by great talent

for the republican party services from which Mr. Van Buren had greatly profited, yet he got up a candidate against me, and pushed him with all his force. Gen eral Jackson gave me the office, and Mr

v an uuren and his triends determined, at ! political chances, a town-dividing, couna suitable time, to punish me for receiving jty-splitting policy, a stock-jobbin ex-

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au ttppuiuimeninoi oi nts uestowai. I was i pertinent, a system ot rewards and punstill Mr. Van Curen's friend. I had no j ishrnents a little, tricky, manoeuvring, room for petty malice or ill will. I had skirmishing, selfish, non-committal spirit,

always been his patron, and I was desir ous ot continuing so. When the intrigues of Van Buren broke

up the first cabinet, and separated An-1 basking in the sunshine of other men's in drew Jackson from his early friends: jliuence, watching the turns of the marwhen that wretched cabal was establish- kef, ploughing to-day with the workinged, known as the Kitchen Cabinet when ' men to-morrow with aliens and adopted the conspiracy to obtain the influence of, ! citizens pulling every string and moving or destroy the Hank, was organized, and jevery wire that make upthe political made a party question when a cordon i capital of this ambitious and mischievous was draivn around the President, and no j little man, through which he hopes to one could approach him but through Van; force his way to the Presidential chair. Buren when the full extent of the plot lie has succeeded in one thing, and that was developed to seize upon the public; is uniting every free, independent, and

treasure, and to use the patronage of ot lice to secure Mr. Van Buren the successions, I openly, and unequivocally, and on all occasions condemned Mr. Van Buren for this course, and cons:dcred it un safe and unexptdient for him to be the successor of General Jackson. For this he determined that I should be removed from ofiice, or that the price of retaining office should be a recantation of this opin ion. A series of disgraceful intrigues were set afloat to poison the mind of Gen. Jack son against me. They continued, from! time to time, for several months. At length, they reached such a height that J wrote to Mr. Swartwout, the Collector, then at Washington, requesting him to say to Gen. Jackson that I had on all occasions been his friend, that I was dia charging my public duties with credit, that the public had expressed no wish for my retirement, yet as his friend, I was not disposed to allow him to bo annoyed in every way on my account: that I was acquainted with all the intrigues on foot against me, and that 1 held myself ready at any moment to resign my ojice, rahen he expressed a wish for mc to do so. General Jackson said to Mr. Swartwout, on reading the letter, 'it is no' more than what I expected from Mr. Noah; tell him to remain quiet.' In a few months after this, the iutrigues were again renewed, the Regency declared that if 1 was unfavorable to the pretensions of Mr. Van Buren, it was unsafe to leave me in an ofiice iu which several hundreds of influential men were employed, and that I must be removed; but, first, Mr. Van Buren ascertained, to his entire satisfaction, as he thought, that I was tied up by bonds, not to publish a paper for four years, so that, when he imagined I had not the power to check his progress, another attack was made upon the President, and, finally yielding to the cabal in this case, as he has done in all others, he wrote to Mr. Swartwout in the following terms: "you know that I have the Lett feelings of Mr. jYoah, but he connected himself with a newspaper which is contrary to the prin ciples laid down in my inaugural address;11 or words to that import, "tell him to send me his resignation, to (late from the first of next quarter." ! sent the resignation five minutes afterwards. This is the true history of my "dismissal from ofiice, spokeu of by Mr. Senator Wright. Me knew it was not so. lie knew that if I had written a friendly line to Mr. Van! Buren, I should have heard no more of this intrigue. Now whatever my political opponents may have heretofore thought of my cupidity or ambitioD, here they have the fact that I voluntarily resigned an ofiice worth Of OHO. npr annum, which I wna fillinrr with entire satisfaction to the community, because scorned to hold it on the bounty of Mr. fan Iiurcn. I could only hold it

by giving a pledge to support him for the usual with such streams, may be adopted presidency, and I would do no such in- upon a very cheap line if proper care and jury to the country or violence to my judgment be exercised ia their location. own sense of propriety. It was hard, to i After reaching the high land upon this be sure, that after compelling Mr. Van! route an almost direct line may belaid to Buren to support Jackson, he should have j Laughery creek, at a good point for cross had the power to induce the President to 'ing that stream at a short distance above ask me to resign; but so it is Gen. JackJ the confluence of Ripley creek. This di-

son sacrifices a good friend as coolly as a decided enemy. Had I given one tncnd - ly word of promise to Van Baren, 1 could have remained to this day in ofiice. This is the true explanation of the whole affair. No man can obtain, an otlice, or scarcely keep one, without the concurring voice of Martin Van Buren; every office holder in these times must, in some fashion, ttcar the collar. I refused to do so,

and the result is known. The friends oliGreensburgh. No importantdifiiculty pre Gen. Jackson, it is true, have been de-Ueuts itself upon this part of the route.

thing tney never tint expect, one and all; they never believed that Andrew Jackson would allow himself to be the victim of Van Buren's intrigues, they thought he had sense and discrimination and firmness enough to avoid that rock, hut tic have all been mistaken, and the country and its President have finally split upon it. Talk of Aaron Burr in comparison n ith Van Buren!! Whv. Aaron Burr's arnbi-

sustained by personal courage, and hav ing the establishment of empires for its object; but Van Buren's petty intrigues, are a mixture of fawning sycophancy a traffic for office a selfish speculation on ..... unknown to men of patriotism, spirit, tu rity, aucl tried talent?. Jt is working with small agents: controlling weaker minds uncollared citizen of the country against him, rendering his case hopeless, and his prospects barren and bitter. Lawrenceburgh, 2Gth May, 1831. Tu the President and Directors of the Lau rencelurgh and Indianajiolis Hail Road Company. Gentlemen: Having made come ex aminations from Lawrenceburgh to Indianapolis with a view to a line of rail road connecting the two points, I herewith, agreeably, to your request, submit the principal results: Tiie geneual Route The entire line for the present purposes will be divided into four Divisions, terminating at the three proposed intermediate points, Napoleon, Greensburgh, and Shelby ville. 1st Division. From Lawrenceburgh to Napoleon. Route iNo. 1. by means of an inclined plane. From the west batik of Tanners-creek, and opposite to the town of Lawrenceburgh, a straight inclined plane may be laid directly to the summit of a ridge dividing the waters of Wilson and I anners creek. This plane would overcome a perpendicular eleva tion of about 300 feet at an inclination of about 4 degrees from the horizontal line. From the head of the inclined plane smooth high land may be maintained between the waters of Hogan and Tanners creeks, and passing through the village of Manchester with the present state ioad. Upon this route it would be necessary to pa83 some of the tributaries of Ilogan creek a small distance north, and some of those of Ripley a small distance south, of the above mentioned State road; and thus meeting the stream of Laughery creek about COO yards below the present bridge, a situation for passing that stream will be found at such an elevation as proper levels may prove to be necessary. From the weet ridge of Laughery creek, nt the point just mentioned, a gentle ravine will be found leading again to the table land upon which the town of Napoleon stands. Route No. 2, dispensing -stith the inclined plane. By means of the valley of Tanners creek a line of rail way may be laid perfectly horizontal, above high water, for a distance of G miles from Lawrenceburgh; and from thence a gentle grade of less than 30 feet per mile, I am induced to believe, will reach the high lands dividing the tributaries of White Water river from those of Laughery creek. In passing up this valley it will not be necessary to raise embankments over the intersecting ravines at an elevation greater than what is required for the purpose only of providing for high water during freshets; and thus the embankment will be low, and the graduation will be light. The general course of the valley of Tanners creek is very direct, and the curvetures are rcmarkbly easy. I believe a minimum radius for the curves, much greater than what is rect line will pass north of all the ravines jof Ripley and Ilogan waters. The point Ion the bank of Laughery just mentioned (presents a favorable situation for a bridge 50 or GO feet high if so great an elevation should be found necessary ; and from the west side of that stream a ravine is well situated for regaining the level upon which Napoleon is situated. 2nd. Division. From Napoleon to

A few miles adjoining Greensburgh shouh! be laid north of the present Michigan read, and the whole division should be composed of right lines, and curves not Ies9 than ten thousand feet radius. None but gentle grades should be introduced here. 3d. Div ision. From Greensburgh in Shelhyville. The passing of the Flat Rock creek presents the only difficulty to be encountered upon this division. From a little examination of that creek I am, led to believe that a situation for a cheap crossing, with a gentle grade on either eide, will be found about two miles above the present Michigan bridge; and after regaining the high land on the west side, the line should be laid direct to Shelbyville. 4th Division From Shelhyville to In dianapolis. No obstacle will be encountered upon this divison, and the whole distance should therefore be laid either upon tangenfrial right lines or upon curves not less than ten thousand feet radius;and none but the most gentle grades should be introduced. The CoNsTRt crioN. Good material for a very fcubtantial wood superstructure may be obtained from well selected white oak and locust timber immediately contiguous to the line of road . Stone may also be had along the whole lino in sufficient quantity for the necessary broken stone upon which the wood cross tie. should be supported; and the material, for a stone horse path may be obtained, if necessary at vaiious points along the line, and transported upon the road after tho rails have been laid. A wood superstructure iron plates 5 Oths by 2J inches, I would recommend as the better plan at present, even if a substantial stone structure were the ultimate object of the company. Si'MMAnr. The whole distance from Lawrenceburgh to Indianapolis by way of the proposed rail road route will be about ninety miles, of which distance more than sixty miles may be laid directly straight or upon curves not less than ten thousand feet radius. Through the whole extent of thi line a very cheap graduation I believe can be effected upon grades not ex ceeding thirty feet per mile at any place; and when it is considered that not a single inclined plane is required upon the entire line, and that the curvatures and other circumstances are remarkably well adapt ed for locomotive steam power, the conclusion is at once apparent, that, the contemplated Lawrenceburgh and Indianapolis Rail Road is a work upon which the cost of transportation may be reduced much below that which is required upon most works of a similar character now in use in the United States. With regard to the cost of constructing the road here proposed, no satisfactory opinion can be given until definite surveys and estimates have been made; but from the general smoothness of the Burface of the country, and from the cheapness of good materials for construction upon the plan here recommended, there is no doubt thaf the work is one of decidedly a very cheap character, even when xvcll and permanently graded. Respectfully submitted, I. S.VANDEGRAAF, Civ. Eng. Compliment to American Ship Builders. The London Courier expresses great chagrin at the superiority of the American over the British packet ships. Alluding to the losi of the Thais, foundered at sea, that print remarks: "We have no recollection of a single American private packet 6hip, out of the number which pass continually between New York and Liverpool, having foundered at sea, and here we have a list of eight of his Majesty's packets having foundered within twelve years. A ship may run ashore and be wrecked from bad management; she may be stiuck by lightning, by the visitation of Providence; but to sink bodily at sea, in deep water, when, like a packet, she is continually returning to report, and therefore ought always to be in a good state of repair, indicates a fault in the construction. Such a matter is a reproach to our skill, as well as our humanity; and we say, rather than such vessels should be still employed, it would be better, if we cannot built safe vessels ourselves, to buy a score or two of the New Vork packets. Sir James Graham and Captain Elliot might be, in our opinion, much more advantageously employed in putting an end to this scandal to our naval reputation, in devising plans to uphold a system of forcible service under the name of registration." Bait. Pat.

A City i7i the Moon. Schroetcr conjec tures the existence of a great city in the moon, to the north of Metritis, (a spot marked by ustronomers) and an extensive canal towards Ilyqcna (another spot. He believes a place, named by the learned on the face of the moon, Mare Inbrium, to be as fertile as the Campania, near Rome. Professor Frauenhofer, of Munich, a few years since, announced the discovery of a fortification in this sarcellite! Doubtful as all this is, such is the peitection of telescopes, at this time, that an edifice as large us the capitol at Washington, might be clearly and distinctly seen. A vast celestial field et remains to be explored; for ai irouomy is really only in its infancy. Scientific Tracts.