Vincennes Gazette, Volume 4, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 February 1835 — Page 2

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n vclf no longer worthy cf the trust confided t3 111" I have linnun for long time the gen-

tlm!; had irdnlired in thi habit, hut lor!

ill honor of the State, and the feelings of those he represents, I for horn In speak cf it. 1 pre fairer-' to rik ihe injury he intended to inflict upon me, h 'his course r-f rntii!nrl tut!, or 1 1 f t it fthonhl le fpu-

p.,IIv known that one who con!,! or u ould j eicn of the debate in Congress commented

upon by the editor of the Sun in his last paper. We would hardy tay (hat we

SAT5rilIAT

VVAl. 28, 1S35.

We lay before oir readers the conclu

d to Fnrli practices, held it seat

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hs Mail. Hut it can he concealed no Innppr; he has himself mail" (be disclosure. Sir. I will i iirs'ifi this su' ject no further.

ii is ri: ir 1V1I to speak of it. 1 will leave

wnmaHvusM. !ntm n.mmM wm i,i (frames of the rteorde. Most of them nre ac

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distinguished for virtue as lor intelligence, n

is the glory of our country mat sue possess uch sons. It is her good fortune, that in any i -i -ii . ii ....... i. n i

event, ner councils win sun enjoy uu; urnc-.n. their exertions and talents. Hut after mature! ilflibcralion and reflection, it is our earnest conviction, in which we nra happy to find onrselves sustained by a large number of the people of the great State of Pennsylvania", th' Ohio claims as her citizen, the man alone of nil others, who possesses the most satisfactory 1 1 i al i fica t ions to entire success: we allude to Gkn. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

In proposing this cit'zen f r tho highest office

database. Yu recollect that the remsrks of Mr. Calhoun, which have drawn down the vengeance of the Globe, were made on the corrup lions of the Post Office, which have been ac knowled'-ed by almost all the administration

senators. We are rapltuy appninciinij oparte' dumb legislation . The Senate went into executive business on Tandy's noiuinntion. Philadelphia Gazelle.

iliifor io opinion with our friend of the j in the gift of his countrymen, w e are not acting , r ,i .i. tin the chancier f his flatterers or personal

ru i, 3 iu i ic r is u i muse niiu r i w l..:. ' mends. We clan

for him no exclusive greit-

the gentleman to eniov all the honor and j cipate in this debate. We are willing to pes?, nnr do we wish to detract one particle , i i i- i t ,w'fn Knra t .i . . i i .i . from tho high reputation of the other candiglory he may hare faneied h.u.selt to have accord to Mr. Lane talents, hut think that hu e fearles.y present himaspos-

acquired bv publishing his own inhtmy;

and 1 will not. sir, notice again any thing he may say. One word in reference to

on tli i g occasion at least, he evinces more isessing great experience and fitness for ihe ot-

AN ARRANT KNAVE. Still wns a private of therorps of artillery, nnd was stationed at Plallsburg during the late war. Of all the thieves and rascals I l ave, ever met with, he wai the mom plausable and barefaced. He could pa? almost any sentinel at night (according to his own account) by creeping on all-fours, and constantly ran the risk of hi life to

this manner lor the purpose of petty piun-

above my friend's darting cut his forked

tongue, and examining him a" be lay helow, "Lie still," and calling in one or tw 1 of the natives, he pointed it out to them, one of these men ad vhuc ing, inward1 it, CBUght his eye with his own; Ihe animal now appealed to move i's whobl holy.

with fear or pleasuic. 1 he native stepped backward, turning the siht of his

e e from the tierce orlut ol his enemy; and, a he kept hacking gradually, uncoiled his body from the rope round w hich it was twined. At length, its whole body trailing on the ground, moved s'wly after this coloured man rye fixe ' upon eye until a youth making a dh front behind a hush, in an instant flatted the head of this dangerous monster, with one

blow of his club; and although the body

, e ,, fice, ami the highest claims upon the gratitude , . f , ' ; im,.racii. blow of Mi ciu o; ana aim ong n u.e uo of the craftiness of a practised dissembler lf xvhen tlle' Bre cnUlh!e(i i,,,'1, ' was ' ' . ' "still undulated, like waves of (he tea.

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tnvelf, upon the sul iert of my absence ! than the ingenuity of a great man more lone individual we ronceivc thut, with a virtuous ' u 5

k.k'iuiiiiiijii.jr uic j iin.ru v.,.. i . . C ' In lit morriinrr rC Wft I i u ilnvn td lii,nt!f toll, it ! U a linniilir a rterl i ( n I nf n fT)OCk

I 0(1 liUO W, . j f.ii'. nnrl rnanlii loUlcp . ! i i s r.fi ii II t r v in n sr r v ir-R t Li m 'st II rd ll Ol S U lid . . . i i I. u I., il.n mAil irnnl.

ti '-m mv enl on some occasions, upon the ! of the mnhistrv of a nuihhler. than the i , . 1 . V , . , . .

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r i oi i no v e as a no na v i oi miuh, j 1 r r. i i .. ,i i, r , iMnniri, m n iu r.tf nn Hons uik , . . . i i. . i. . .-..,

ir. ! eaner, u:ai rnemneTs are nsrtfs i -, i . ,, . . ,iail,;A man may ossuma the appearance n'v and unavoidably rrany tunes absent J 11

' severe known to our history. At a laler period, as

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of. .: T. u" " , . 'T. . kal manner, addressing him

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. i- .i ..!0.lf.,jpr,n nJnr Qn.l rnnr, , li n r i p B wtiir-ti linvft nlnreil him in the front TH O I ' ol 1 1 1 , lie WOUItl leClUrc lllUl upon VIIC lie-

lorn Itipir (Pill in nfl I I'finrrP (I l P i k'oi iiunurr, vumii ui..i uuincu, uniu - . . irom ii.cit seat, in me ui rn.uK i . inn b - ,, , American officers, lint we elaim not b-r him 'resity of his setting a good example to various out.e in the committer rooms, . ,e may bo totally destitute of all these the pubJic voice i)PCause ie wa, n brave 'l,he other men ol tl,e '0n.uany; and would nnd at the public oiaces, in addition to . q(jaitieg. anj Utitor(ur.a!ely for Mr. 'succof,il Caotain The battle, of TiPpecm.H, nf (e jshe(J fo ab their absence sometimes froon sicknes" !r , . . ni. i Fort Mcig, anil the Thames, glorious as they & ... . , , ,,

i . . c i- Lane, ne is loo wen iimnvueter la iciuiv i..r( fnpnll. lrm. 1. 1 nnt -ilnne draw trom 'en i n imsei i, lie wnuiu l 'is l m ivc i hd u 1 know Ibis is not a matter for discussion ' , . 3 " ere tnr "r arms, would not aione un v nu t j hp,p . :, . sn, hfUveen me md' any one with the lion's skin, or to deceive us a nomination of him. Othercons.deiat.ons no report the circumstances to fiim.hnrh l.t a uj ctb ivee, J r.,, ;r 'iuttnence m. Upwards of twenty yc-rs of ,,s jThi, lornetirjH,8 ha(J ,ie desired effect ; at

my conunioni, ami in wno-e juugiiitin, ujr l"u'""""' UU""'J '"" .live have been eruplovcd in civil services to Ms .. . in,i;rrnna pnnuph. to

peak3 the truth, "all the rain in the country ; of these . thirteen were P in thj . in

an l deriion I will most cheerfully submit1

it;and with no fearful apprehensions 'lsveeth

the result, will I return amomr them ant

submit the journals of this Mouse, thatj they may know how often I have been absent from mv seat, durine the f ;ur years1

thpy hive honored me wilh th.eir ennfi-i We had no mail from the east between tlenca. I have not examined them nor Saluulay arul Thursday last, will I. M v constituents hav o not yet coin-!

plained of anr neglect of attention to their

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was now peifectly harrrde-s, not heirg able lo seize with its mouth. They immediately haulad him up to the branch of ;itree, and anmir cook9 in Europe serve an eel, they skinned him whilst the poor animal was .writhing in the agonies of pain The snake was called the Libare, and measured nineteen feet and a half in

lepoih. Col. St Clair s Residence m the West Indies. From the National Gazette. sta:m:ivs patk.nttriss, i o;: t i i i : c u i : i: j i ' i i i : k n i a . The publication in relation to this useful inslinment. contained in another col-

jthese, his life, as n privala citien, possesses j ,,..,, 1(,, ... tvo1. h nnvBn ,. (iT;i f i,!.,,), Illtll,r mmmi f:.il tr,

choice. -a i - i i

the truth, "all the rain in the (country ; of these, thirteen were pased in th a , , , ,- , -, ! Executive chair of Indiana, then a T-rritoriHl . - ee " eavens would not wash h.mwh.te. ;t.overnment, ,im!(.r,.irctim:ianrP9VVhich called Imost

nwkard manner, (for there was noth-

for the exercise of talents of various and extra-1 j, , ir of the soldier about him,) grinning

ordinary characP-r. And in addition to W.aX Hie same time from ear to ear, as he

interest; and when they do, ?itu:t me to tell the gentle-man he is the last man n oti the tloor of this IIoijsq whom they would call ujon, either for aid or for information. Sir, many of my constituents know that man; yes, and thank Heave.

many who do not know him personally,

The irregularity of the mails, must

SCIVB US mi exui-c loi mil umjcii lancy. liri.orfMi i,r...;;..n.,r

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Mepuhlican in his manners, and accesmnie m j "c -m-"i " a "ii", " " c o-iiii(;iii) untir i; m mr mhmii. grnndin, hi habits, he has ever brn distinguished by an sent.1' During this kind of absence, he land must naturally excite the most ardent

drunk ; but land sanguine hopes ol those who have

suffered under the sifilicling disease of hernia or rupture. The writer of this article is htmelf on of those, amongst the great number of the human family, who have experienced the pains, the anguish and the perils f this dieae, and who consequently speaks from experience in deflating that the instrum tit alluded to has and will ( fle c t 51 radical cure. In his case, which was m.o

The Address of our Representative, Mr. Shaw, to hisconstituentg, shall appear in our next. It was handed in too late for this number.

uiiJeviating integrity in all his dealings, and hy rarely did more than to get

scniimei. s or the highest honor I lace.i m a i-1 xvr).)elil)e tl)e hen-rools, and smoke housu at ion which for a lone period presented 'tie mot seductive temptations for succe-sful soec- es, and e v en t he cont ract or's store, when ulating and often with unlimited control of surh j ermission was withheld, and he had money and po ver, (lie eye of stiipicion was nev- (o reini t to tra tagetn to get out for, upon er turned towards him Exclusively devoted lo one Occosion, e nrtually fc'icceeded in his public dulic3, whieti were always performed , . .. , , r .' , .. e. geltini' out a barreled whiskey from the

with credit to himself, and henefit to liis conn

( OL. nt.VNt IS VICt). Wc perceive that a likeness of this

know his character, and what estimate t o venerable individual has been placed up-

put upon it. ! on the notes cf the State Hank of Indiana. Mr. LANE rejoiced in some remaiks.j This mark of respect was merited. Col. which nre believed to be substantially in-; Vigo, is by birth a 1'iedmontese. lie eluded in the above report of his first re-i emigrated to America, about seventy P'atlj". j cars ago, and settled as a trader near

Mr. LAirSfi sail, Mr. Speauer: ! Vincennes. in this state, ilis aee is bor- i

try, his private concerns in a pecuniary rcla- Stoie, w hile the sentinel was on post, and lion, were probably with him of too secondary rolled if into Plattsburg, where he founds consideration. II consequently njiproaches ' j,u , ciaer. Upon another occasion he

r'""," e in ,cli iar ..- ina, ,i,e hardihood to make his

nurm; ouine nr.i lairiy now me reiini.iiii

n ppear-

which'isunirerSlVv aVco'rded to him of the cit-! anre "i,h " 'itm f bacon ilunj; overjofthe mot ngeravated nature, a great

?mi "without rerroro-h." acli shoulder and, when questioned , reUnder thtg convictions, yonr Committro re- 'plied, that 4,IIe had had a small trade spectrally tender shn following Resolution: )vvj,h a enUemaJl of his acquaintance."

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variety of the Tiusses ordinarily in ne. were applied without affording, for any length of time iilTicient relief, even to

I WILLI AM " RY 11 RUISON for thenf- ' 1 being snfbciently . satislactory , palliate ihe diease, winch appeared dai.

"!Iow Th-

ue floth bind n habit iri

ifiee of the President of Ihe United States for

he

was ordered to the guardhouse by!

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elKcien!

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Iltl III" Mil IIIUC' V V t (I I 3 i lllO,'JUllt.., . . . . ,, , T; . 1 . , r .t

T . , . , , . , " ' iii-r l"e coiuinc term; ami ihnt we nleilee ourselves bieill. r . In the course oi ItlQ evening, mrm er .dr. Lane) has strongly and hospitality to strangers, and his kino- f() hunorahh, t, ..ro.aote his univax!ar i

f xetnplified the tru.h of tins remark. ness to his neighbors, have been long e ection. -v a . ,, , , , r

Oa motion of William Greene, the report and . " r-...u. . resolutions were ad.iptfd. '"'' 0wn reputation, nt having thus alOn motion of William It Morris, T. Walker, ' low ed a pri'oner'o escape, had searched Eq. was requested o reail the proceeding cf every hole and corner (hat he thought the Meetirif . held in H-.rmhurgh, Per,ylvn-;like, ,Q form reat fcr pj, ,)U ca,.. ma, on tho I'1 h in-fant. for a similar purpose, i , . . .,, . , r , r-w which were received with great enthusiasm by ,"'t 110 S"" o be found. Durthe numerous n'sembly. i1"? ,ne search he had snugly depoiled On motion of u in. R. Fofcr, ihinieif in the cink or common sewer.

,ontradic!pig, et persisting in the truth known ; and he has been an

of all he h id said. After disclaiming oni friend of the country, when it most need a former occasion any wih to detract; ed friends aiding its cause alike by his ro;n his colleague's standing, nvowing: personal services and his purse, himself unworthy (fa seal on this floor, In J7C0, when an expedition was fitted when he should ba capable of doing so' out hy Virginia, and placed under the the lloue now pees that he still resorts command of the gallant George Rogers

in t iiih utin imiirmtu rrniiru 11 'rpri utiii i i i r t.- in r tis ,nrirwji -t nrAioetinn mb t . n .

: , J , ' , , " ' V , 1 - - " "M":'-,"3 Jtttoivedt Hint a Committee r-t nine ,e np. i w,tjn on(l ,. , . ,, c ,i implied, to accomplish Ihe purpose of his ; Ironders, as far as possible, from the in- pointed to prepare an addre to the citizens of i. , ... 1 r , 3 .

original fiNel.ood which mv colleague ; roads of the Indians, Col . Vio espoused i h United States. The following gentleman! r,. (Mr. McC.ahtv) and myself have dts- thn cause of the United Stales, and in the '"'"P"" "'V-i'" ih,'i'T f U'1" or .lush tub from Ihe ttuctlv expose 1 . His disposition and hab capacity of a gu.de, aided Gen.Claikio ? 'Z'JZt?, Jnnuovne'jno J ht I . r V-TV"' f "'S 'l ,i I i r . i i I . ,- ' i r .i i cn ' 1,0:1' Jnr burgoynw, JnoJ. Wright, ;MiH finding his situa ion rather nrecant8 are thui clear ly immlflM? I ui his . leading his forces, through the swamps i Rotkia. nod Benjamin Cylla. (ftll ,,r ' ,,,,on , ,, 1 , , , course, and I disdain to animadvert fur- i ,md drowned lands of Ihe Wabash, to Vm-j On motion. Hie followingentlemen were P-i V A " Cr,,,r"' mmPn.' aHenripted to .-.I . .. . i . i ... ... . :.., r 'Shut his nositon. from the side of wall.

tner. it ine cnarrre tint I nave nesn cennes. which was at that lime

occu y

as a military post by the Uritish. The post was taken by stratagem; and it? cap Hire led to important and beneficial le81) It 9. Col. Vigo Mill resides on his farm near Vincennes, in Knox county. Age and ndversity have not weakened his d-sire to be useful to his country nnd to his fellow citizens, although they have, to a greal extent, diminished his means. Logausport Telegraph.

absent during the last and present sessions fortv times, when theaves nnd noes were called, was intended lo impress tho. people of Indiana that I have neglected th business of the State or my immediate const ttue'.i!, my reply is, that tho charge is false. 1 may, for auht I know, have bent) ab?ent as often as he has stated when Ihe ayes and noes were called upon co'litfM il question, but if he intended

to intimate that J have l;3en in Baltimore or Philadelphia, while the House was ini aes-ion--l Iere Mr. Lane said he had not serted any such thing Mr. Ewing! resumed; then let that pass. The mem-!

her, (Mr. Lank) omitted lo mention the At a mPetiiig of the titiz-ns of Hamilton number cf times hi-5 oilier colleagues had j county, friendly to the nomination of Wm. II. been absent; but for myself 1 have so Hakrisob, as President of the United States, ' J 111... i r .it -i . T - . .

much nfT.-e business to transact, that the! -,K1 "V- l I" en .V.1 '. ' . . r ., t Jht, IG:3., LRE.NLZLR III.. LrL was called

I hid apprehended

reption, last session, in relation to the Bank of the United States, not conceived lo be properly before the House, 1 have

I'POPLL'S NOMINATION. From Ihe Cincinnati Courier. GREAT MEETING.

. r Jl'l, I O.U. l.Dt.. Ill;L7L w as cancii missing votes are fewer thanl.,.' , : ,,. v, k. i.,

(l tML Wli rill, fill i A. p.. i 1 "1 n n UIIUIl II I O I

P.Ut With One ex-i Vice President. AsniiFW Lino. Miami Town

ship 2d Vice President, Jostrii Pikkce, Cincin nati, Lid, Josvph Rl hoovnc, Mil Creek, 4th, Levi J amk.s, 5lh, Wm. Lfm is, Pulton, (th. J. Ii. Drake , 1 slhui. F Cxrpenler, Sec'ryt. Joieph Graham, )

On motion of W. II. Poster, n Committee of

twelve vths appointed by tho Chair to tiraft res

olutiritis, expressive of the sene of this meeting j

never avoided a vote nor lost one by neglect. The melancholy circumstances alluded fo by the member (Air. Lam-.,) as a pretext for much he had said, I will not no-

pondepce: w nei H he clung by his hands, so ns lo

James Hall, Rer-j Drake, Timothy Walker, e v ade the Contents of the tub; but his Charles S Clnrkson, James Allen, Arthur Orr.hn),j hej none of h , ,eccre (Jown Charles ( ono. . , . ' On motion, movrd and seconded, it was I -f u'"! bottom into all manner of Jiesolred, Thn t the orecoedintrs of thi meet-jhl,n w'hilst Ihe contents of ihe tub com-

in; h sisrned hy the officers "f the same, aioPpleted the catastrophe, givine him the

puhlUhed in all Ihe city reapers.

On motion of Widiam (ireetie, T3cq it was licsoheJ, 'I hn t this men; i:g now adoum. F.RENP.ZPR IIlTLSi:, President

Griffin' Ykatman,

Andrew Linp,

Joeph Pierce, Joseph Lurcovne, Levi James, William Lewis,

I

J- Vice Presidents

J

11. Drake.

Ab. F. Carpenter

Joseph (rraham

r,- Sec'ys.

From our If'ashinglnn Correspondent. i.i:tti:k NO. XL. Washington, Feb. ?, 1835. Tho drbifo on McCarty's resolution calling on the Executive for copies of all papers since

on the si.toect of Indian reervations.

double advantage of a shower as well as plunging bath. Away run Ihe men, think mg the devil whs at their heels the corporal of the guard was called sonie U.''r,ff ua8 heard wallowing below, but no answer could he obtained. Ilepoit was made to Lieut F., who soon arrived at ihe t-cene of action in his slippers. Lanlhorn being let down, Lieut F. discovered his

pet at the bwttorn, looking up willi the same simper as usual, his hand thrown to his forehead, to pay the customary compliment;' Axing the Lientenant'd par don, it's as dirty a scrape as ever a gentleman got into." He was drawn out and remanded to the guard house, hut made his escape before morning in the identical plight in which he was dragged from hia "sanctum."'''

The following afternoon the writer of

ly to he gaining the mastery, and render

ed his situation the most deplorable and hopeless. Under such cii cum-tances the application of Stagner's Tru-s was like h new em in his life. It gave immediate! temporary reliefwas confided in and worn without causing any more inconvenience or pain than is incident lo the generality of surh instruments, and after being applied for sixty or seventy days, pro. dined a perfect cure. He is now able to dispense its use, and has no hesitation in aying that if he was compelled to ue nn instrument for the relief of the disease spoken of, even if perfectly convinced thai the rase wa imurahln. he would, from the convenience afforded as well as the ceitain secuiity attained in the retention of ihe part effected, cive the deciried preference, without a moment's hesitation, to Stagnei1 Patent Trus. H.

continued to-day and excited unus'ial interest.

There was much personal felin- excited on ! this was going into Platlsbuigh, on horse

inn resolution, in cons.-qu.-uco pi tne course i iirirK in , u: nm!.,,omo, ,.,

pursued by Mr. Lane of Indiana, who at an ear-

iv statre made sonic remarks in opposition to the

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" uuilu iuii. i ic iui un il nicujcii r c ni'- . . . . .

iira.1,,,1 1.1 imi;.,l rrnsiir nf mv rfinr.dl .n;n.,i ' a ' resolut:on '. and in writing Hiec remarks out lor

1 can only irgard with contempt.

this. a on all

On

object that met his eye, on the bridge over the Saronac, w as Still, in the custody of a

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Wm. PI. Foster, N. Guilford, John Mafson,' t-",n V, v ",r- -"-"J' PPr?nn wnoapppareu io i.e a consianie.- ' ' nm hie no) aairua Mr ktvinrr a hntiinriorhid Hia1 . mi - v

i I l T." - V.i 'inn nifi wuc's'i "J i- iiu .--ii i rui iru iiic , ii i h AfA It m J f 1 flPO f 1-1 a rnAina I u m

Coleman, uud

other occasions, 1 have " " "l"';- " ' ' V. , resolution, with imnlicatio? the people of In

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liuiir- iv uii uui r i'i urpi: nuo mniuu

ents rnpiired; and, holding myself always ready to reciprocate kindness, I am eqab ly prepared to reent imposition, insult, nnd injury. I will only add that the

charge of envying the member is too rediculous to require any other correction than fiat denial. I can neither envy nor imitate that member, in his principles, pretensions, disposition, or character. He has said that it is "a wanton waste of time1 to correct all his misrepreseutatiot.s. I now join in that opinion, and abstain from adverting to many, which. I trust, the people at home are sufficiently advised to appreciate as they deserve. Of this number 1 pass over his preposterous pretension to extraordinary servi

ces in this House, and his remark upon politicians who '-abandon their first lovs . All sneh imposition can be detected without notice here, and I think it unnecessary to say more. Het caded this personal discussion, Pti-t the question wa eventually taken on th amended resolution, as heretofore stated

Miles Greenwood ;

a ao-

. , , , ' nailing the falsehood on I is forehead

r .. i , . .-i knowledged the fa ?rhood on the floor, but re ig up of the resolut.ons, expressive oti. r. . t, r . ., , ' f , i 1 . , . ' ' . iterated it in another form while he professed lmri and views ot this nn etin?, nave the , . ... .... ,. . , . ' , 3 w to retract it, and in doint tins he accompanied

There is my officer he knows I am in

nocent.'' "Well, Still, w hal's the mattei ?" "Why, axing Ihe Lieutenant's pardon, this here gentleman has charged me with stealing a pair of shoes, hut the lieutenant knows I am as innocent as the babe 11(1 bo TO ' I' VIV I I !.- O I lutlll ll m .llnnr. "

diana in the. corruption. This of course roued

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U, r. .- i i , . . i I I II " III! I ItTTllll lOll Ol llir-n v r 1 1 1 irill f il . lipv ho, after retiring a suitable time, returned i ,, , fi . . t, . u- i i r.

1 , j c ii I if" till -J 1 1 in run i i.ia ititj t. II I ii ' cl'l"!

ihe Committee on whom

dra win

the feehu

. " to retract it. anil in doinc tins tie ar.eomnan

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REPORT' j ll won a inreHi, icas-i ni tnarucicr lor cournf-e , s" uir: hioiiij, jou ij (i lascni, ai ins , ' . , f as wrll as veracity should he destroyed in theame lime 'suiting (he action lo the woru1 That never, since the establishment of our Hou:p RIlt his colh asue? determined to stripl u.h ni ,rn, Li .h.ci , Government, have the people been so imperi-' ,lini nf trerv pretension lo both ; and w hen the V u - oypeA the Shoes from nr.. ously called upon to recur to first principles, and resolution came up to-day they used hhn up. if,er hia coa'- " e' now, did ever ! how to speak and act iu their own sovereign capaci-, 1R af,aci mndeby Lane was disin-centious and . could they have got thereT' "Come aty. Small cabals in every state have assumed !n,nar,v .and such was the indignation in the lonrr and awnv tlipv pni

t hp. mi t lioril v i if rl ir tn Inn. I-.tifrtiMohmrtiitftoniri .1 if ir... : nm . ,1 . ...

. ..j .... noii'K wnen iio.-i-srs. r.iviusjaiin iHCI,Briy tlOCI the rishts of elections, (the most precious priv-.iPr.icteti the c,nractcr and conduct of Lane.

nege 01 ireemen,;are insi growing inio fc6iHo-fliat tnerc W8S no sympathy for Lane. . After

1 staid in the village jut long enough

to receive the orders of the day. fbeins-

lished custom; and many of the great leading j slandering his colleague he threw cut a threat acl 'rP adjutant) Upon my rejuin to ihelit

Prov idence, (R. I ) Jan. 10. Singvlar Ajfair . A man ae I ninety eight, residing in the west end of the ritv, who has thus far led a strictly economical life, living entirely by himself, w a short time since taken nnwell. and thro1 the persuasions of his fiieio'p. induced fo become boarder in a privn'e family. It was with mn.-h difficulty, however, lhat he was prevailed upon lo adopt this coursp, n he considered if would be attended with a greater expense than his means would afford. Indeed he consen. ted only on condition that it should cost him no rrmrp than his previous maintainance. On removing hi furniture. k.c , fo his new abode, two thousand flcllaro jrsilver, and one thousand dollars in Mark hills, were found concealed in difTVrert par's of his house. The bi!! had been partly eaten by rats, but luckily were not so materially injured a to prever t their being redeemed. They wereofthe first erni.aion of old Ranks. No person wa before aware of his bavins' I L sum

i in his possession, and il i possible lip bn,

forgotten it himself. This Um. in nddition to his other property, renders him -i man of opulent circumstances ;being worth at this moment about twelve thousand dollars. He sprved in Ihe old French war, and through the American Itrvob?lionary War, and it now receiving a penion for his gervices. Patriot. Singular ami most important invention. Mr. Paiker, of Syracuse in this slate, ha di--covarcd u composition which will harden like stone, and yet may be worked in a soft Mate us easily as mortar! Espoinc to Ihe weather

catiM-g it lo petrify and become nHual stonf, requiriiui a heavy blow with a liMininer I- hienk

The Wandering Piper ii at Mobile, Alabama, where he is blowing Scotch tunes

oui of bis Irish hagpipa for the benefit of b.-fipvolent institutions. We perceive that Southern papers declare him lo he a "Nobleman in di-guise." Very likely, and if it be so, ii t one of the most com-

I I ti-n-uisu i rtr assumed. .V. C'.i'itr ariJ F.u;:iit.r.

X tnueiinrn n.ee l.i n At. ' . . . T. . 1 . t a

presses ol Uie country purposely wiinnou iron (o kefifl nf, thc appe.,r;ince 0f coura-e, but il,forf, imagine Ihe apparition (for i? so foe store, in Cot.eref street n l.o i a-, ,,t for the people much intormaiion, without winch, wa rnVP(l that lie had no claims to that vir- seemed) of the eternal Still, clamberin. Mr Parker in this citv. Mr. P la, n . enily the great mass cannot ascertain tua state of,, lle. McCarty told a very calling ,tory about (h k , mee(ir) 'l completed a sr-.-tion of Canal as a s,.e. i,n. o .( public sentiment in the various sections of the L ,nfln ;ri the west who suffered l.i.n-elf to be "fv u i rneetmjf me at the gate ...'j,,,,,,,,,, t( ,)rj near New Vo.k Union. Intrigue and management are rapidly hoi sewhinm d. and when reproached lor il. he U e,b r ho w got you here?' " W h , . fr.lm ti. rr, - , . ct :

tending to a control of public opinion, perhaps

a suppression of it altogether; and corruption is faUiug dangerous root in many parts of our once pure Government. Surrounded by these alarming and portentous circumstances, we have met, as citizens of this great Republic, undistinguished by and regardlets of all recent party divisions, to discuss the nomiuation of a candidate for the next Presidency. Many ol the most devoted lover of ur common country, seem to despond under (he impression that the otlice holding influence of the Union is too powerful to be resisted by (he people in their primary assemblies. We do not yield tu this thought it is in derogation o the great fundamental principle, that the j eo. pie are capable of self government. They may for n while be lulled into inaction by the sediu -live mUrepreseiitalfeNi f designing demagogues. Hut reflection, when it tui us, is always

Y , I fallowed by correction Several camlidatj? j h ive b.-t'ti presented as bav'u g fair claims to the

said, if his assailant had given him another lash.

he whould have given it to him. The conclusion of the anecdote excited a roar in the gal

leries, nnd the members and Speaker could not resist the contagious influence of Jlomus. The amount of this debate was thwl the resolution passed by an overwhelming majority, and Mr. Lane would scarcely be touched with a forty foot pole."' Mr. Calhoun read the flagitious article in the Globe charging the Senate, and particularly Mr. C. with having instigated the manino to make the attack on the President. The rebuke which he administered t this official slanderer was worthy cf (he lofty genius, unspotted purity, and gigantic mind of Mr. Calhoun. I can

not give you the language, hut Ihe ferlingwhich he awakened In the bysta riders was of the most thrilling character. The- panders of (hr Kitchen a re determined lo siletirethe Senate, by holding up lo popular reprobation every on who dares to open hi lios on the subject o cfTi

axing the lieutenant's pardon, Ihe gentle, j mould in the form of pillars, fire Uo s, vest

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man iook me to the jail, and lell me in charge of another gentleman, while he went fur Ihe key so I thought I might as well take the short cut home, and report myself lo ihe lieutenant. " Gentleman's Fade Alecum.

CIIAimiNC. A SNAKE. In the morning of the second of Decern her, we awoke early, when I was much surprised by my fiiend. Lieutenant Bade, calling out "A snake! a snake! look M

the snake!"" We all started at him, lying in his hammock, and. to our astoni-hmenl.

beheld, a mon?torons

round ihe rope whi

hammock, with his bead some di.-iance

bntrs, Arc. and is not dean-r than brick. In value is incalculrtble for buildings, ri-terns, Lr. situate in wel or damp places. It is undoubtedly one of the moit important inventions of tho day. The American lniitiie Pave awardi-d him a gold medal. Troy Chrouitle.

INCr.NDIAIlV HAT. W'bile (he owner of a soap f.itto'y on Montay nwht, wa washing hi hands, .e observed a lighted candle placed by one of the. workmen, carried off by a ml who dived into h hole. On darkening the premises the li'h( wa discovered through the rrt-i ee. of the board, and on raising Ihe dour the clid!p was found l.iirinng near -me shavings arid io a few minutes rnor

S serpent Iw l-ted' w 'ol'' nuilfing would ban? been on fir. . . ' .ii ! Great caution hoi:ld be ued not I" leave eanirh soppo.led he( Kg wUrfj rHUtiiIi c iv. ,,,,, .r . I " .... .

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