Vincennes Gazette, Volume 4, Number 35, Vincennes, Knox County, 31 January 1835 — Page 1

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t i i i: V I KC3N NE3 GAZDTT2 I'li'ilishf d every Saturday,

Terms 2 ;"(), if paid .hiring tho year. .'i 'I. i. it j! lid in advance. if nut (.aid during the year. 51 -, fr m months. P:i;T5 discontinued only at thr option of the p'lhh-h'T while arrc-i r-.i- -r- me duo. ; r'T" V.l vri t i semen I - makiii;; pin1 si pi n re or less will ho inserted three times I'l" o'i; !!, ;ir, and tweiiU -fivece.it-- for cvorv i.-., ,:ne.t i.. -virion; lon-er advertisement, h.'the ratio. Advertise, m-nts sent u-.ti.ont nrd.'n. will j nil o.--. h.- inseite.l mild botud. and charscd a co r.l in ly S-tl. ti :i rl ! of -, rfi!.i.", as arc ufd in a fain.ly, will he received in pa u.enl for ' 1 1 - fi nptiiMis, at tlie tuaruet j i'ii.e, u. iiveicd in Yinc a 'i us A U I 1 M : i v i : X A -i I . A 1 i t N . .vo. V. Near Lkbaso.n, "km, .-Ji!T. IP, ISoJ. -la: I h lie tlio honor lo transmit, herewith, n diij.!icnte copy ol my report to the (.ommis- j sn.nerofthe fi.-ner-l 1 .a nd ( )i!n-e re. a U v e to the . cmuiatioi. ot thP Lulled dates' land otaees I at ladiuiuiii di, in the tala of Indiana, made under the appointment of the late ecielaiyof the Treasury of the lothvt .May, and in tonfortuity wii.i ihe s'lhseipieut inl ruitions ol ihe emu niissioner. I have I tie honor fuili.rr ! i cfive I of James i'. I 'lake, e.--l'u'dic .Mrti.'') at In.iana)oi tat.-, that I reliile, Reef ivef ol s, t href hundred

dollar (VSou) under the auil.oiily ol the do-, in lr().( u(- ,he ofnee, and bold piivate coi.versapr!m.i.t, n.i w hich I gave i.uu ui),.licitc re- . , M,(i(ll (litj llut !t.ar. .Nrith. r do 5

c tints as directeil. 1 have the honor to he, VViih ifreat rispe. t, Vtur most obed: ut rvanf, JAMES 13. CARiii.NT.R. Hon. Witf iam J. Dt Aft, Sect i tcry of the Treasury. Warrfn Coi-ntv, Ohio, lug. IT'i,l!i3. In compliance with your infractions of tlie 31 of J une 1 -1 , I have the honor to submit the follow h:g report of my examination ol t!.e United States land oilices at Indianapolis Indiana, which was comtneiiced on I lie Uih, and JomI mi the V'oUi of July, ultimo. I entered Ihe Keceivei oilice on Saturday fternooil, urJ:ii fAtiued and somewhat unwell. Ike fundi fjund in the public cht it were as follows: J Rills United States lianK, ol 1 l).. do 5:0 1 Do Bank of Urbana, O. 3 Silver $ 150 00 20 (JO 3 00 3C0 00 HO Total cavh on hand $3 2" The Receiver said Ihut was the whole amount of iiidiici on hand, und that the sales for July, so fr, coi responded therewith. On going trom the hotel to th office with me, before I counted the fundi, the Receiver said I would have "but a small iot of it," (the counting,) as they bad sol J but or eikt trap's that month on account of the harvesting, I merfly look ed to what date the several book had been posted, and made no further examination into the Receiver's office that day. On again entering tiie office of the Receiver on Monday, to my surprise, he presented me with military bounty land scrip, amounting to one thouaiu'i five hundred und ninety-two doll.iri and fifty cents , tilled up in his own handwiiiing for "which i.eeai.i sales had been made in July. I asked for, und obtained a list ot said sales, which will be found in the accomplipying document, ma;k( 1 a. 'On mv arrival at Indianapolis, the Uegitter was absent, an I the Receiver informed '-' bAd gone 10 Cincinnati to maiie r.is 'viu ixycriver's) quarterly dtpositts. I found this could n.jt hate been Ike case, as the only depositts made, or to bo made for that quarter ending, thu 3Ct a of June, bad. been effected on the I . V.-. of Mav, and 12th of June, asyou will perceive by re fi rente to the statement, maiWcd 6, taken from the Receiver's book3. The balance due the United States on the 30th of June, which is called "new account," and to be carried to the quarter ending the 30th September next, was $322 41 Tins monev wa not found in the office. The Receiver said the Register would depo-ite for him five thousand dollars in tho bank at Cinconat.. while he was there, pud be wouia ie r.oo. ... present me w.ih the cashier's certificate before I closed the examination. I asked the Receiver if the R. Ulster had been s.;nt tor, or written U, or otherwise notifiied of my arrival : be assured me he bad not. 1 he Register's cle.k, on being (piestiion d, said the same On the IP Mi of Julv, the Register arrived from Cincinnati. Mr. Dowling, a respectable gpntlenian of Terre Haute, came in the same f ' d i v 1 T . while at t-incinnati. I'i'r..-. Ii ., , ..,. as be had i.uiiiL- m-iTIi lri:lL 1, fin. . i " hemd of mv a'nival and business. On the iii.irii m.- o r.i,.. oiVii, il.o lt,.i'iiver nreceine.t me with a certificate of a depotiteoi live nousanu dollars made to his credit in the United btates Branch Hank at Cincinnati. Before I left Indianapolis, the Receiver borrowed live thousand dollars of a gentleman of that place. James Blake, csqiii.o, a partner of Mr . .Nicholas Mo--..,f.- ;a ii.toroi.-int : hut ex!reseo an a - r . .11 to hi-inr known as such on acr account id bis connexion.' For what purpose tbi money was borrowed, 1 know not. I have conceived it my duty to submit :ho f..n i;oing-rWj to the departlacnt wi'hout comment. ll w ill be s-.-en that, during the quarter ending June :0, the suia of Ihi r tv -t h 1 e thousand eight hundred and t wxfit v-1 wo dollar:- an I twentyt w o ( ents was rei-eivnl 111 uu'aiary nonin v onu f crip, nnd t'-e sum t three tt.ou nn.! nine nundud and . cot'-, in M twenlv tw o il 'itais ami loriv i' fi;-t'thii te n .lav? of July. The r,r do i 'ihi .iip, I tinder-tood, wa rein.q'li:- ,. 1 bv Mr- Nicind is MeCart x . a u.erriiant of Indianapolis, who re.-i ivnl it on speculation from l'ioh. 1 1 ale. of Washington city. aked the Receiver how it was jmifildc Mr. M. Car'v conti.v.fdto st e so many of the purch-,.-i s of the 1 u' ii - land', and astett ain preci c"i t" tt.c ran-e, tow i.s!,ip, sertson, and pait of scct i.vi, lor w hich r. limpiifhno nts wa re lu'ccsary , , h-u.fd.-'? He replied that M r. M . (a rty d 1 I i,i kimtr. but vm rely signed his Mine in blank, an ,d he, Ctl R' eeivfr.) tuleil up the relmq nsnine l,ts f,,r him, ajiert'.t ',;; :nii,)i xrrc rr- , 1' t ,,n ire"''' r's ' lre "c " ' - , .. .-. 1. r v 1 .r,c M. i - itrt v is niacins a 1 .. '...rt'il.vii ti e rt-linouishinents s ri '. !,.-n in lheortic(Svr.'Oeivd July,) were all ,4s reiaitslo Iht buokr, the ten t' V I ne tveei 1 1 c j 1 y w re found posted J ' a tollov

Register of receipt up lo May 31st, 1&33. Journal up to May 31st, IB.JJ, Leger ii p Ui J uue jOvii. I 'i.-i'S. The penmanship in all tliti records is good, !)Ut several errors were lound, produced, no doubt, by the constant neglect of comparison. The papers were well filed, and the tjjut kept in troud oidcr. Tlii- (agister of receipts and journal were posted up io the ohh June, at n,y request, during the examination. 'I Ituie ii no "index' to cither of the book?, h required by the department. In addition to what is before said relative to

: ul" I"1' U,''I"U"J" "v w.ie ' , facilitating ll'e ,r;Ullc 1,1 s' 1 1 ' aldred """ j the accompanying uoie, marked c, and received .1 . . : . . . : .... c i i . . i ..,:....:. i : i ",s rJl" "'wKt.u u, vwiiiu are re-t-pectfiiUy suhmitted to tho consideration of the j '"-Martiueiit. j lurtiu r pursuance oi your instructions, i i embraced in tin? same note, (c,) an inquiry us to ; w hat laiius tin: Keceiver nau purcnasco in lus t own name, or in trust for otheis ; and what advai.ces he had made to purchasers, S.c lii note, ((,) aUo embraces that subject. I aiso inquired of the Keceiter, verbally, rtlalive to his ad ances jf money to Israel T. Canby , not known:? the suljcct had beeu investiga ,lC(1(1 w ritilic, t.,lcIosiMr u copy of hi letter lo e CTtrU ; (S,,e d.Hnent ma.ked c.) U . t n jp (loc9 jfjt ta(e lhe amount ol ted bv the be.creiaiv oi me i itasurv. uc re prcmiuni paid him by Dr. Cunby. Much is said in Indianapolis, and indeed throughout tho btate of Indiana, a far as 1 have been, relative to the speculations of Gen. Diake in the funds of his ollice. tieine per'oiis came to borrow money at the dfice while 1 was eiiLTH-'ed in the examination. 1 lie Receiver or !ii. lerk ivoiih! lake them out to the idntloim ! know w lo Iht r the funds tho.-e persons wanted to borrow were public or pnv.ite. J he lact, however, is nototious in Imlioiiaptdis, that it is n ceuiinoii pi actice v ill) meichaiits and other business men id the l ice lo go about, just 1 eioi e the end of a q 11 uric r ea 1 , and ii ii u -t riousiy gather np all the monev they can cht ain, .o.d. I re que m 1 v bo; r.. w ii .on iht r", sa-;ng tha t tbt v only wt nled it ( r a few iliif, "until the Receiver rt turned from t'inciniial'.." I wouhl not, I tru-t, be ;o tiiinundful ot what is duo to the depai luieiil and to my own diameter as to encumber mv repot t with a detail of this kind, based upon the lilit and officious gostip of a village, or if I had the most distant doubt of the truth of the facts here stated. Rut my information lias beeu carefully and cautiously derived from gentlemen of tho highest respectability in public and pi 1 vate life, ti -tends and opponents of the administration, w ho all stated their personal knowledge of the fact that the Receiver i6 in the constant habit of lending sums of money, of vai ioui amount, to numerous persons, returnable timjfirardy every qu uter, and receivable a -ain 111 a short time after the commencement of a nfic quarter. This state of things is talked of publicly everywhere, and never, to my knowledge, contradicted. 1 do not know what percentage s exacted ; but it is not an uncommon occui relief, at and in the neighboi hood of Indianapolis, tJ hoirow money on good security at rates ranging fiom forty to sixty percent.; and 1 have heard ol instances of even a higher premium being given in cases of urgent necessity. The Receiver acknowledged to motion be wa a joint partner with Renjamin J. Blvtbe, of ludi'inapolis, in an extensive loan iJHee at that place, in which be bad invested ten thousand dollars of his own money. During my stay, large bags of silver were frequently soen passing between McCariy's store and the Receiver's office, as 1 a ui iniormed by Mr. Cain, the postmaster, and other respectable gentlemen; but for what purpose 1 know not. I lie Receiver is cxten-uely concerned in various kinds of business: is the partner in the principal hotel, and interested in the contract lor budding th Si ate-house, besides other enagciiienis to a large amount. His partner, Mr. blythe, is in the practice of entering lands for other persons, and takii.g a lien upon the tract at fifty per cent interest. General Dwike has, undeniably, an iuteiett in the profits thus accruing to the linn. But I have no positive evidence that the public funds are used for this purpose. i lie Receiver appears to be a accommodating, geiitlemany man ; and bis character stands fa ir, - i!h the exception that it is almost universally saiJ and believed that he transacts alare lusims on the use of the public moneys. In the Receiver's office there is a good bookease, worth about twenty five dollars ;--and a very badly constiuctcd desk, unfit for use, o, ili. oei bans, six or eight dollars. 1 respecttally iccominend a new desk as necessary, with ;i liame on top, and partitions lor the large booke which are now kept upon tne laues, anu exposed to ilut and other injury. KLOISTFU'S OIKICE. The books in this office were found posted as follow: Register of certificates up to June lilh, 1S33. Journal up to March 31st, lboJ. Legerun lo May3Ut, l!23. Tbt- whole were brought up to tho 30ih of June, at my request during the examination. Ih llr was absent nntd Ihe lyih t Ju ly, when be nrrived from Cincinnati. Companions w ere coinmeiiced between the tract boolis and lownsnii pia.K, in .1 '."""- ous manner. But the errors, omission, erasures, and discrepanceies, were so numerous, and the books so wretchedly blotted and disli .Mired, that a thorough comparison and correction, extending back to the first o, ening ol the ollice, seemed to be essential to the security ol P,i ha-eii, and absolutely necessary to prevent future double sales, and insure a correct prosecution of the business of the ollice. This was accordingly undertaken, and occupiad sev eral days of tedious and laborious exanimati-o 11 of seventeen thousand three hundred and twen ty three entries. Tho schedule, marked f, wnl s-how the errors, omissions, -c. and will enable . . !.. I f tl, r,r.,t,rilv of tilt? COU1SC JO'.l IO JllOge Ol t-ov. j adopted. , , The tract books are very badly kept; not numerically arranged ; nor is there any "index" to -mile one in search of entries made. ihey abound with blots, erasures, and double ent lies, scratched on r ; and could not be used by a "stranirer to the office without much previous trou ide and labor. the small traci ooo . I 1 it... r .W CiV 11 uc vvotn, tne leaves iooe, ciuu mw broken i he large one is not mucli neucr 15 v n bin .1,,,., tl.A le;i ves cnul'J not ne r lace 1 so as to arrant; tiw low nsiiij'o " - j ? . in s. vcri.1 instances, even a part of a section is carried over a bundled b av, sor more, with a ,. (Jn the mar -in i;i tin se word?: 'Ste back 1 r oft'te b .i.k l'arts of sections, with the entries tit tliLtn, arc scattered over s v eral b-aves in the ......!. ..V ti b.u.k." ivlii'f-.' i! is almost impossi ble for any one uiufultd in tjie mysteries in, b rnidasioll to find them OUI. of I ari suggest no "method by which Ibese tract r-wii.Lrc tmii lie rrc 11 11 uni 11. t oi ks can " .. , .... j j e 4ibt feint ruled hm.s are all liiltd up

I' GLWZJV, IJ&IJ1JSJE, JlJrfjlRY31 1835.

ihr.iic,oHi the Look wnh descriptions of rifljt by the experience of other and eighths ot sections, beginning at the northeast Pu,n i I,. , , t, . i , . i . in the manner of offering the lands at i.ublid l H':d "'N'" lure's -Hiit, sale-: (the ,e as staterijn relation to the tract !v 1' ui.ei mg the appetite (o the inhooks at Foil Wayne.)?" 'Ju,7 f the constitution. Tu live Ivtig,

i inert lore conceive it Wiy duty to recommend that nttc tract books be procured ocured, ami lie whole ficTififfxf T lite t t . ionly possible way by wl o me vAisiinx nuirs iihiisi .ich a imme.icnl ar rangement ran be effected. And indeed it is the only course to save the present and future entries from inexplicable confusion, and prevent the frequent occurrence of double, triple, and even iimikIiih.1ac.i1oi

In esamining the other bm ks 1 found eviden !"ShMo Le cheiished, not only (01 the ces of great carelessness, and a total want ofisukeol the good it does the iliind, but it comparison with each other. The comparison s-Imuld equally he practised with caie for of blotters with the Receiver, and the gister! lJie a,JT:Uita , Mh,ch.t i.iocurea to the

01 eenincHies vviin me register ot receipt?,., , ., 1 ,u . . 11 all that has ever br tn attempted. The ionrnal I lj.0,'i ,l lWS ,hut alc"'e hich preserves

is a literal transcript of the register of certificates! The abreviations are precisely the sa me. Kntries are not made on the day of sole at di tcrted by the department; nor does the Receiver hand over the a r plications and receinls "from day In ay" a6 required. J hey are retained for! the pnrpoe of completing relinqui-hments olj senpjand this H.ave reaso,, to believe, hs often been .lone after the mirrhaie motteii has been' r aid, and the purchaser has dcnartci!' from fnw n It could not have been otherwise at times, a' The ivcguier s eierk ims tolJ me of instances of Jorty -entries having btt-n made in a day, for w Inch lie exchanged scrip: end the Receiver ocknowledge,! to me, as before state ?. that the re - liqnbhments were all written by himelf for Mr. McCarty. The township plats were cantnssed several years ago, ami are yei in loieraoje orcier as to preservation The office papers ere generally wHl filed, but not secure from dirt or dust nor are they

krpt under lock and key. 'I here is no public j ry dear for his wine. If we reason condesk in the c Inee, nor 'any other public furr.i-' e,,ae,illy , the rnoie we love pleasure, ihe ture, except a i-rettv cood book crse, worth1.- , . 111 r - , about. wenfv five dollars. A large desk with j lo,it,er.IV? t,,0U, he ot temperatice.beapar'm.nts for patents, nnd a frame on top'ruc ll is the latter which makes the wi'h partitions for the Ia:ge booki, ij much ; former ie-ii nble. Teujpeiurce, in line, wiu-.tf d. I js to far f rom being an enemy to pleasures,

1 ne nii.rt! ii Kepi in tne econu nory 01 . a large mercantile store, and purchasers have to pass through the counting room to go up stairs In the Register s office. Ie?ide, there i now a man Matinned in the paid counting room, by Mr. McCarty, as he himself informed ni, fo "catch jnircha-ers as they come in," for the purpose of exchanging Frrip, as the Repi."ter's clerk has ceased to act as his aeent since tny arrival The keeper'of the store (a Mr. Harrison,) alo acts as scrip agent for !Ur. McCarty. This, to say the least of if, i? rxpoing innocent nnd ignorant men I o delay , annoyance , and imposition, and i? a reflection upon Hie dignity which ought to characterize a public office of so much importance. It ought to be removed to a more conveuiont and less ol jec tionable situation. Thoma H Sharp, the Register's clerk, informs me he has done all the business of the office since June, 1831. The records are all in his hand-vr riting since that time. He hat been mnde notary public, be sny, for the sole purpose of nenring purchasers of quarter quartet sect ion, from each of whom he exacts twenty-live cents as a fee. On the subject of participating in exchanges nf scrip, or suffering it fo be lone in his office, f addressed the Register the note marked nnd he replied in the note t, enclosing the note marker! i. from his clerk, Mr. Sharp, to himself: all of which are respectfully transmitted for vntir examination. These papers peak for themselves. They require no explanation from me, and it is not my province fo comment. It i generally isiid at Indianapoilis that the Register is absent from that place about two thirds of his lime. It is certain, however, he gives but little personal at tention to the duties of his office. lie appears to be an amiable, gentlemanly man, and I believe his character stands fair. lie does not seem to poae9 such energy and business habits as his official duties require . He depends solely upon his clerk on all occesions; and the clerk, it will be seen , ha made large sums of monev by lending himself to a gang of hun-p-rv speculators upon the necessities of r 1 1 the poor and age-worn soldier, and con verting'nn office of the General Govern ment into a machine to cozen and defraud those for whose sole benefit its bountyjjwas bestowed . Very respectfully submitted, JAMES R GARDINER, Examiner. To the Hon. Elijah Hay-ward, Com. of (he General Lan'l Office ;i FMiYiTi tvrrriorT physic. Under this tille a volume, purportine , , , . . c Midi. to be the production of an Old hysi - can, wn? pun.i-nen in uonuon ai me commencement of the present year. Ol the t 1 ' I 1- T 1 lb Myie anu otp?ci w me nt;iK,ur . t 1 l I a I. - 1. I I ers will op enaoied to j'Ktge irorn tne 101lowinc; " PrefTatory Remarks1' of the au - thor. '"Henllh without phvsi'"! Health rsith out physic! the man's surely mad! Who can be well without doctor 3 stuff? lmtoiibl . 'Tis some quack or other nuflinf off his nostrum. ' This i the language, or something like it, whkh it is expected will be growled out and mum hUl vpr. bv the sceptical and never to . ... 1 ,1 ,f r. u: DP fHIIsnc'i linilly, iviit-n uiry 111 ri ha turn eyes on the title of thi little book. Pml 1 we are a putting oil a nostru-n sucn n n.,irm f.,rn.ilh. Ihi s in evervmWi .,.r nitrrli.i.P without nnt.incr hi, ..i.. n .i ,.7 nano in... .... r., v c it may he as ppevihlv fked; the answer is. briellv. read m,y bonk, that is to say, this book, an.f yon will find it. Follow tl,e.!irC,trthrea,on never erring guides. 'Throw physic to the dogs,' unless you be actually ill ben-

i people n;u.t live at, that li, not upon the

Jat ,jthe aMl Lul ralier Ufj0:, ,he Mnoe. - "V.'6. l'.rotuc,f ,J,mi,I ami vegetables umch i lie land atlonlf, jnoptily juejiaied an-J cooked. Ttmnerante, the mother of viftue, and so eskenciol to hajihee?, among the jjunncea (o which we allude, jihe latter in health, and cure il of the diseases w illi w hich its opposite, intemperance, afflicts it. Now, gentle leaders, as temperance the inse'perable "companion of well regulated minds, 19 the nostrum which stands least in need of the puff di rector obligue, hecause it is a genuine urtic,ef it ecd on, , k u -f , . . . J . 1 t tjn O'JServe If, VVItll' tvhODJ OUrM Ke he angry ? 11 ovv can we he happy if. we nulier acute pain if we be foiu with the gout, or the asthma If our fctomach L . , .c n- .- 1 ! cea'fs t0 Peorm lis oflices-.j our legs, sivfcl,efl a"(1 "cak, relume lo gujiport or jcariy us along? And yet, still these, and many other evile, are the certain consequences of intemperance . He who purchases the leatiuies of the bottle, at the expense ot the most acute pains. ia vethat it preserve them, and only checks t ' - the excessive use of them, which, most evidently, is the very thing that destroys lhm. There are other considei ations under which temperance falls, besides the animal properitily ol eating and drinking. Intemperance is excess of any kind, and may be applied lo every function and action of the body and mind; for the due tegulation of which, without the aid ol boius or pill, it is the object of the following page to prescribe; and which, if the prescription be well followed up, will soon enable a man to 'live all the days of his life,1 with satisfaction lo himself, and con fort to every one around hitn. Js it nol then tiue, my worthy friends aod readers, that temperance requires no physician's aid consequently, neither draught, mixlure, electuary , nor powder? It is itself the true balm of Gilead it ministers to itseif it is its own doctor, and its own reward It asks nothing for advice, and al ways affords real pleasure and lasting hapjduess to its votaraies." ALMOST A MIRACLE. On Wednesday last, in the forenoon, it is known, perhaps, generally, that the State Circuit Court was to assemble at Bedford, in Westchester county, amongst other things for the procurement of an in dictment against and the trial of Robert Matthias, as an accessary to the murder of Elijah Pierson. As the Court could not organize or proced to action, in consequence of the indisposilion of Judge Ruggles, the prophet Matthias was suffered to iustruct the hastily assembled audience oustide of the Court house, in the new and orlhodoxicale doctrines of his oracular belief. The situation of the localities of the neighboi hood, was faveurable to his purpose, as there was a large grave yard near the spot, behind which , rose an almost perpendicular acclivity of rocks, like the palisadoes on the Hudson, frowning frightfully over the "eanonized bones1' of the dead. As Matthias was sermoniz ing with almost supeihuman energy on the correctness of his opinions, and the divinity of hiscreed, he turned suddenly round, and pointing to the rocky stalactites that overshadowed "the charnel houses,11 he raised his voice and cried out with alarming etnphasis, 'I can destroy that mountain;1 and almost in an instanf, the apparently solid structuie gave way, and the colossal mass was piecipitated into the valley below, covering the graves and splitting more than a hundred fons of the massive pile. A loud scream of alarm aro-e: one lady fainted wilh affright; and t', tvhnto ntvliinrv ivpip overcome with wonder, when Matthias turning suddenly 1 ' 1 " 1 & 1 ; , , , , . iieart.ra no to b alarmed J rniuiH urn! rinmtinor In IP urns rate mOllll for (,ml was nothin to be comuared to , , . , , , . . ,, i I(, jnot be hurt This incident, which was I. I. . . 1 11 r 1 1 v ii'ill t n ilniiht bp imPll to j ! ' unoa ' - of the cre(1uIous, the divinity of the man who is to be tiied for murder nnd to create a belief 111 his superhuman powers. veu' iorkSun. LUCK IS A FORTUXE. The Steam boat Ifarsara arrived at this . . - . pit n Saturday last .torn new y The Wais-t" was seriously disabled by . . i t r 1 , atrikino- a snaz below St. Genevieve o hland some of Ihe cargo it in consequence . i. t..r U.-t, um5 . . . 0 , ,,,a ut 111 tbe bow. 01 u '"" I t he "w heel, d i sco v e t i n ? lhatshe must go down, altered bercmire so a- to nin Her . - - S.ranelv on tne o.r uyy.j " ; T.tl ennugh.it, steeling ; ;j;,,v! without seeing lh bol1 I uo.s, winch was .u.m r

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and wS great ir8s her headway that the how W6S lifted out of the water, and safely 0ioored. She was thus afl'orded an excellent opportunity of making Ihe necessaty lejiairn. The boat remained in this position for twelve houig; when the river, as good fortune would Bgnin have it, ro?a sufficiently to drifl her clear of the wreck. St Louis Rtpublican. A rOWEHFUI. PREACHER. A Kentuckian who had listened to an eloquent and popular preacher, eaiathe follow ins account of him : "I'll tell you vriat it is," ejaculated he. .. 1 ... v ..nii a 1 01 1 ie.ii no w 11 slice ,er; he's bark-well and hold-fast ton; he doesn't honey it up to 'em, and mince his words bo lets it down to 'em hot and heavy; be knocks down and drags out ; he firt gives it to 'am-in one eye, Then in t'other, then Tn lbs gizan', and at lat be sets your bend underli arm, and then I reckon he feathers it in between lli.i lug and the horn;- die tives a felloSv no more i f Oft,., fc I ,, I , .! a chance than a 'coon has in a bJa k-jac ket.'' "Then you give him more credit for bn sincerity than you usually do men of his cloth,'' said his auditor. '"Yes, jes! there's no whippin' the tkv'.l rowrid livp stump with him ; he jumps right a t him, tooth and toenail, and I'm rlainberca'fed if I don't think he rather worded the Old Iim this morning! and he's the best match 1 ever saw him have.'' The following (says the Montreal Herald) is an authentic letter from general Washington to Dr. Cochran, Director Ci eneral of the American military hospitals during the revolutionary war. ft is a play fnl and humerous invitation dinner, and it is curious enough, when w o consider it as coming fro.-n the emanripntor of a hemisphere. It certainly shows that tho wri ter did not jutly merit the reproach which baa sometimes been cast upon him, of possessing a. cold and unsociable temper: West Point. August 10, 1779. Dear Doctor: I have asked Mr. Cochran and Mrs. Livingston to dine with me tomorrow ; but ought I not to apprise them of their fare? is 1 hate deception etcn ichere nan filiation is concerned, I will. It is needless to premise that my table is large enoueh to bold the ladies; of this they had ocular proof yesterday. To sny bow it is usually covered is rather more essential, nnd this shall be the ptirpott of my letter. Since my arrival at this happy 'P' , we have had a bam , son,6ti.'!irs a shoulder of bncon to grace the head of thetable; a niece of roast beef adorns the foot, and a small dish of greens or beans (almost imperceptible) decorates tho centre. When the cook has a mind to cut a, figure (and this, presume, he will attempt to do tomorrow,) we have two bee f steak pies or dishes of crabs in addition, one on each side of the centre dish, dividing the space, and reducing the distance between dish and dish to about six. feet, which, without them would ba nearly twelve apart. Of late, he has had the surprising luck to discover that apples will make pies; and its a question, if amidst the violence of hi3 efforts, we do not g"t ona of apples, instead of having both of beef. If the ladies can put up with such entertain, ment, and submit to partake of it on plates, once tin, but now iron, (not become sa by labour of scouring) I shall be happy to ste them. 1 am, dear Sir, your mo3t obedient servant, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Meteorological Stone The Netr York Gazelle say, there are several kinds of flagtring stones in the streets of New York that undergo changes similar to tha singular slooe in the north of Finland, which answers ihe purpose of a public barometer. On (he approach of rain this stone assumes a black or grey color, and when the weather is inclined to be fair, it is covered all over with while specks. .Vex- England litvieza. Enormous Sausage. One of the most horrible monsters that we have heard of in thei'e latter days, was lately presented to our eyes, in the person of a gigantic auage, which, when extended at full length, measured nearly 50 feet. As a "dangerous monopoly11 the Rank is a mero fool lo it. It had taken into its single maw, or alimentary canal a a "whole hog." vera England Galaxy. John Neale, Esq. has been associated with Hasting? Weld, Esq. in the editorial department of this paper. The proprietors oiler a ptemium of 50 for the Lest Oiiinal Tale; 25 fir the bc?l Original Poem; and 23 for the bpfd article on a Ilumoruui subjoct. The Manuscripts are to be addressed to (lie Ivtilois of the Gnlaxy, I3oton, prior to the last of Ajuil, 1S35. Baltimore Intelligencer . Spun'ov Cin W" understand that a large amount 'f counterfeit 25 cent nieces, the emis j -n of . i. in -VdS . . .1 . c K,, 1 1 ,,p w ter, wiin n w a si. mi: m 511 vn , iui r n ' ....'.i i, h cheat, that it i, not easily de- . . v ... - tected in any other mode than by the sound. Saturday Morning Visiter. A mm has been condemned to ievfn years labor in Ihe Connecticut Slate Prison, for euttincr fire to his bo:ie and barn, with a view of defrauding an Insurance Company. TI Y nr.oFuoBi in a se. A hore belonging to McCuloc, of Aneclicfl, was bitten in No1 vember last by a niad-dog. and twenty-six days afterwards, showed symptoms of hydrophobia, and soon died . SF.izff bv tjif. luvr Tht clerk of one of the Phil idelpbia markets ?-iz-:d forty lamps of butter f-r beiiig uialcr weight. When cut up, the lump- were di-over ! to 1.0 ma.ie up paitiy L,f bird : thai one chuut led to the discovery of another. Jacksos, (Mis ) Tn Pnt'TFi'9 VvTe will on the third Mon.tau in January. JP35, give employ. neill U ten or f.fucn po d rom-.o-ifors, a(K, ww f.Itsem,o, to wo.k . t, the public Term-, f,f,v liars per L.lh a.J boarded.-