Vincennes Gazette, Volume 4, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 25 April 1835 — Page 2

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TINCENNES. SVTninAV. APRIE23, lft35. It appear by the latest dates from Europe, that the Americen Indemnity B:H bad not then beet: acted upon by the Chamber of Deputies. The Bill, it was thought, would be taken up in about a fortnight and passed in some shape or other. In England, the reformers have carried the day. The new parliament is decidedly whiff. The torv ministry had , . " , .. Jippn defeated twice on the election oh Speaker, and on an amendment to the Address in reply to the King's speech. Tbe King of England now finds that the stone he helped to put in motion, cannot be checked even by regal power. From this, it seems, that the friends of liberty there, are on the quivive, that the propagation of liberal principles is increasing, and, we hope, that this zeal in the cause of freedom, will not be dissipated, as it i has for many years past, in a paltry con. test for place, but will result in a thorough reformation of their present system of representation, the only certain way of permanently bettering their political con. dition . Pennsylvania. Tb war between the Wolfiles and Mulies waxes hot. Each party denounces the other a9 a set of principled knaves We are inclined to Deneve oouimUiUv.u-.i..c,.aul.u-

ciple involved in me coniesi, uui a mere;tne proceedings of the court of Inquiry struggle for office. i in the case of Lieut. Lane of the United au. States Army, accused of having commit-Ao-ricullural Society. The friends to : ted an assault and battery on the person this Society, will not forget that a meeting !"f the Hon. John Ewing, a member of . . . - " M i . i.u .u: Congress from the State of Indiana. The

, f thcj ri unr ii nip 11 1 1 win if r u luis morning at 10 o'clock, at the Court House. Yixcennls, Aran- 15, 1835. To the Editor of the Finrennes Gazette Dear Sir It was with feeling of pride

that I looked upon the proceedings of the Ewing relative to some absent members Legislature last winter, to discover soof the family of Lieut. Lane. but on sanguine a feeling in that body in favor of.the other hand io contradiction to this, internal improvement. But mortification jis the testimony of Mr. Ewing. Be the ensued, when it became apparent that the jcase what it may, the attack of a militatumultuous izaxet of prejudice in the ry officer of the Government, on a memHouse, against those grand and useful pro- jber of Congress, during the session, was jects, were too strong for success. i highly improper, and deserves reproof: Every man of mind and enterprise, who (but as neilherthe Committee of the House looks forward to the wealih of the State j of Representatives, dot the court of Incf Indiana, and whose experience in the nuirv. by whom the whole matter has been

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our sister states, must indeed be mortified iLieut. Lane deserving of forther investito see, as it were, those noble measures Ration, the Secretary of War will cause nipt in their tud. But thisstate of things the result to be made known, by General will not coniinue long the people in Order, as a public reprimand to Lieut, their maiestv will arouse from their inac Lane, and direct him to be relieved

;, ; 'VUo I'amiinrr rommunitv of the State begins already to see the great causes of their immense sacrifices. The watch word will eoon be internal improve merit. The farmer would pay more willingly v 11 , . i ii- r j - hh ten dollars taxes, than his one dollar; per year, when by that means, his produce would give him one hundred per cent, more than formerly, to say nothing about the lessening his groceries, by producing competition among the merchants, and bringing capital into the state; nor would this be against the merchant. For in place of sending ofl his produce once a year, and that to a fluctuating market, he could make eeveral trips and have choice of markets. The great advantages enjoyed by this state over our eastern states, in point of localities for those magnificent works, cannot be lost sight of. They have to contend with mountains and rock, whereas, we have literally speaking, a level country, clear of both those obstacles. Again, suppose me eiaie a c-mip.. i ,i r to go in debt four, or even live millions r o ars. i ns money womu ue smeiii m ..- the state, the people will have the use of it, and by the time the state debt is to be liquidated, the people will be doubly able to do it, to what they are now, to pay their taxes, which is squandered away in words and debates. Let every farmer who feels for the interest of his state, for his own interest, or the interest of his children, take a deliberate view of this matter. Let him re fleet, that he is not launching forth into an experimeut, but that it will only be following the example of his more prosperous and thriving neighbors in our sister states. And finally, let every Representative know at the next session, that he is sent there to obey the wishes, and conform to the interest of hi9 constituents. That rail roads, canals nnd turnpikes, we will have, for it is the people who will it, and tt must be obeyed . A FARMER. TILE PRESIDENT'S SANCTION OF THE LANE OUTRAGE. Tha Poindexter conspiracy is not the only sign of the times worthy of comment. Our readers will remember that just before the adjournment of Congress, an outrageous assault was committed upon Mr. Eing, an opposition member of the Home, by Lieutenant Lane, son of an administration member of the same body. This attack was committed under circumstances of an aggravating character, and in the most cowardly manner. The pre vailinir impression at the time was, that cottvilhstandiog the infamous nature of

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Ueman whom he had outraged. This, however, appeared to be hardly possible, and the friends of he President indignantly asserted that the name of the youth would be stricken from the rolls of the army. To show the light in which (he relation? between cur army and our Congress are regarded, it has hern enacted that "no officer shall use disrespectful words against tbe Congress of the United States, under the. penalty of being severely punished by a Court Martial." In the present case a most flagrant personal violence was ofierea 10 ' a member n congress, vu iteoce of words spoken in debate ; and the " i . r iculprit, so far from being punished by the powers that be, is only ordered to duty'. This is not the first time in which outrages of this nature have been sustained by the President. The assaults of Huston and Heard were justified on the grounds of previous provocation; because they were committed on opposition members. Reverse the case. Suppose that a son of Mr. Ewing had committed an assault on Mr. Lane, who doubts as to the result? But the friends of the president must be sustained; and outrages on opposition members of Congress must be rather applauded than punished. This Court of Inquiry appointed to examiue his outrage reported the facts, in about the same light in which they have before been presented; and ended with a paragraph intimating that it might not be proper for them to express an opinion, whether there was or was not ground for sending the case to a General Court Martja On the of this the Presi j U'U, vv LJ ill V- V

un-ident despatched to the Secretary of War

iine iouowing highly excepuonauie leuer. Washington, March 12, 18oo. sir. I have pereued with great care w cause which led to the unpleasant difficul ty between these gentlemen, does not apjpear from the evidence, in positive terms; but it may be inferred, from the testimony of the Hon. Robert T. Lytle, ot Ohio, that it arose from remarks made by Mr. p in m i n p d . have thought the Conduct of frnm his nresentdutv. and report to his r J regiment . Respectfully your obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON. The Secretary of War In this document an act of gross insolence and violence is gently treated as "an unpleasant difficulty" between gentlemen. A beardless boy in the army attacks an elderly member of Congress, and inflicts severe wounds upon him, in a wanton and cowardly manner, and the Commander in Chief of that army and the head of that Government of which Congress is a member denounces the affair as an unpleasant difficulty11 between gentlemen. Is this the way to keep the military subordinate to the civil power? Is this the way to preserve discipline in the army, and sustain the respect that is due to Congress? Furthermore, young Mr. Lane is inclMirtorl tl.ol an ntfarlr nn A mfllliiProf i :. uui.ui.. : congress, during us ' r proper, and deservinsr reproof. It Cq e$ ha(J not been in scsgl0n, the at tacjc woujd tack wouid not have been perhaps so "improper" as to have "deserved reproof." But under the circumstances, it was en the whole a very improper transaction. From what part of the report of the Court of Inquiry does the piesident derive the information that they did not consider "tbe conduct of Lieut. Lane degerving further investigation?" If from any passage, it is from that in which they say it is not expected of them to give an opinion on the subject: that it docs not fall within their province, but is a matter left for the consideration of another power, on a view of all the facts which had been collected Rnd presented to that power by the Court!" We forbear further comment on this disgraceful procedure. The Lane Outrage may well be pardoned and approved by the patron ot the Poindexter conspiracy. Boston Atlas. We learn, the mention ofLytle's name is all fudge. Mr. Lytle states nothing of his own knowledge respecting the transactionhe merely relates an exparte statement made to him in conversation by young Lane, which rests alone on Lane's authority and under the circumstances of the case, wasunworthy of credit. Why did the President receive such ;i statement as testimony? Blair of the Globe could answer this query. Ed. Gazette. It is not by saying honey, honey , that swt come to the mouth.

IHEETItffi IN HERTFORD COUSTY, NORTH CAROLINA. At a meeting of the citizens of Hertford

count, at the Court House, in th town of Winfon, on Wednesday, the 25th March, 1835, Gen. Bridger J. Montgomery was called to the Chair, and John W. Southall, Esq. appointed Secretary. On motion of George W. Montgomery, Esq. it was ordered, that the Chair appointed a committee of seven to report resolutions upon the expediency of sending Delegates from this county to the Baltimore Convention for the purpose of j nominating a suitable persnn to be President of the United States: when the fol lowing persons were appointed John A. Anderson, Kinsey Jordan, George W. Montgomery, Elisha A. Chamlee, Ros. Borland, and Lemuel Valentine, Esqrs. and. after retiring, reported the following Resolutions (Roe. Borland Esq. dissenting from the last Resolution.) Whereas, in the opinion of this meeting, an attempt is about to be made under the spurious pretext of promoting the union of the Democratic party by active partisans and ambitious aspirants, to im pose upon the People of the United States ..... . . I ' . an individual as their cniet executive Magistrate, without consulting them. Be it therefore iesorW,That this Meeting disapprove of the Conf cntiori to be held at Baltimore in May next, because it is calculated to vest in a few the right of choosing a President; and because it is designed and calculated to commit us to the support of an individual whose prin ciples we repudiate, and whose system of party tactics and proscription we abhor; because under another name it is introducing the exploded caucus system, so signally rebuked a few years ago; and because it is unfair in asmuch as a single town or county in a State may give, and and in some cases probably will give, all the electoral votes to which said State is entitled . Resolved, That this meeting hold themselves free to choose among all the individuals who may be presented as candidates for the Presidency, that man whom they shall believe, from his talents, patri otism, and principles, best calculated to advance the public welfare. JOHN WAD DELL, Chairman of the Committee. Remarks by the Norfolk Herald We invite the render1s attention to the proceedings of the Hertford county meeting, convened to consider the proposition to hold a Convention at Baltimore for the nomination of the next President. The meeting it will be seen, rejected with strong expressions of disapprobation the proposed measure, as an attempt to impose upon tbe people an odious and repudiated system, calculated to subserve the views of interested partisans, while it virtually deprives the people of the free exercises of the right to think aad act for themselves in the choice of the president. Hertford was one of the counties of North Carolina which went for General Jackson at the first election in 1S24. and has ever since continued to support him ; but she will not be dictated to in the selection of his successor, nor transfer her support to Martin Van Buren, at the biddiog of a Baltimore Con ! vendon. GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March 9, 1835. Gentlemen : The 11th article of the circular letter from this office, dated 22d July, 1834, in the words following, viz: "Transfers of pre-emption rights prior to the issuing of patents, will not be recognized" is rescinded, in conformity with instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury, of this date, a copy of which is subjoined. Assignments of j pro-emption riehts granted under the act of llJth June, 18:44, will henceforward b recog nized, and patents will be issued accordingly, to assignees, in regular course, provided the testimony fded shall satisfactorily shew that the preemption risdit has been legally awarded. With a view to ensure uniformity in th execution of assignments, you are requested lo observe the following form: r or value received, I (or we) of C0Untv ?j0 herebj a56ign, trans ff r, and set over unto of county, , all my (or our) right, title, chaim and demand, to a tract of land purchased by me for us) on . as per Receiver's re ceipt. No. , designated as the of section No. . in township No. of ranre , situate in the district of lands sub ject to sale at , and request that a patent may be issued to said , his heirs or assigns. Witness my hand this day of 183 Acknowledged before me, this , 183 . A. B , Register or C. D . Receiver. day of The designation of the tract must invariably be given m writing without abbreviations. If the assignment is not acknowledged bsfore either the Register or Receiver, it. should ba attested by two witnesses, nnd acknowledged either before a Notary Public, or Justice of tbe Vtre. and attarlied thereto: ill the latter case, there must be a certificate of magistracy by the Clerk of the proper county court, under bis seal of office. In referring disputed or rejected pre-emption cases, for the opinion or action of this office, you wdb in every injtance, explain fully the reasons for such reference, and any objection which you may entertain to tbe testimony submitted, together with all the information in your possession respecting them. I am, very respectfully, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, ELIJAH HAYWOOD, The Register of the Land Oftce, and Receiver of the Public Moneys at TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 9th, 1835. Sib: According to the opinion of tba Attorney General, th revival of the ct of the 29th May, 1830, by that of the 19tb June last, is to be considered as embracing tbe provisions engrafted thereon, by th supplementary act of 23d January, 1832. 1 am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, Signed LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of Treasury. Commissioner of the General Land Office.

REMOVALS. I The Galena Gazette states that Samuel

Smoker, Postmaster of that place, though he is and always has been a staunch supporter of Jackson, has been removed. His crime was that he did not vote for the Congressional representative of his dis trict. Gen. Covell has been removed from the office of Post Master at Bloomington for the same cause." Commentary. "The patronage of Government ought Dot to be brought io conflict with tbe freedom of elections." Appropos of elections : Here is an extract lrom Judge White's Speech. "My principles are to limit power if we can, so ay to make every man as secure in voting for whom he pleases, as he is in matters of religion, in worship ing his Maker according to the dictates of conscience. When power is so limited that no man can so use it as to injure his opponents, then and then only, do I consider myself safe." This, it must be confessed, is a very beautitul theory and it was the doctine of Jackson and Van Buren before they came into power. But how has it been perverted by the tactics of Van Buren. Patriotism, independence, every noblemotive of action, has been displaced by subserviency the powerof Government has been felt in every election, in every hamlet. Idolatry to Jackson alone has not been sufficient proscription has fallen upon the worshippers of the great idol, because they would not bow to the little ones. Louisville Jour. On the subject of the economy of the present administration, as compared with others, tbe Alexandria Gazette has the following: "Extra Clerk hire in the first year of the Governmeent, wasglOO! Inthelastj year, is3.35of In tne two nrsi years oi Mr. Jefferson's Administration, it was 450! He then appears to have arrested it doubtless because of its illegality and the abuses to which it was liable; the remaining six years of his administration, there was nothing paid for extra clerk hire. In the four years of John Qumcy Adams' administration that adminstralion so outrageously abused for its extravai gance by Jacksonraen whose enormities Wm. C. Rives wept over the whole amount of extra clerks' hire, was rather upwards of 16,000. In the lastyearof his successor tbe second Jefferson, who was to "bring back1 the Government to ' the 'simple machine1 it was intended to be i . . . ' in a single year it exceeded Uurty etj'''. thousand dollars. Col. James Gregory of Warren county and Thomas J. Evans Esq. of Fountao are announced as candidates for Congress in the District lately represented by Mr. Hannegan. Indiana Journal. . The Postmaster General. It is un derstood that Mr. Van Buren and Major Barry are again united. The Major has doffed his white colors, and Bgreed to hoit those of the Magician. The House Post Office Report is to be smoothed over as best it can. And Mr. Beardsley's hopes! Wt wot not what has become of them.' Ciricinnafi Gaz. Rumors. Rumor is a gossiping jade, but she sometimes hit 'the right n ul on the head.' Blair in the Globe, it is rumored, has been enacting mediator in Philadelphia, between the Wolfites and the Muhlenbergians. His success rather equivocal. Major Lewis, Third Auditor, and a Chief in the Kitchen, Madam Rumor asserts is out of favor and out of office. He in a White man, and is for that expelled the Kitchen. Her Madamship further intimates that President Jackson is soon to visit Tennessee not to rebuild the Hermitage, but to demolish Judge White. Ib Surveyor General. Our City papers in the confidence of the Administration, announce that R. T. Lytle, Esq ' our late Representative in Congress, is appointed Surveyor General of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, in the place of MiT. Williams, resigned. lb The Hon. John Ewing is a candidate for re-election as representative to Congress. His talents, industry, and straight forward perseverance in attention to the interests of the west, we trust will not be forgotten by the citizens of Knox, Da vies, Martin, Lawrence, Green, Owen, Putnam, Clay, Vigo, and Sulliven. Evansville Journal. The proposition in the house of representatives of Massachusetts for an appro priation for damages sustained by the destruction by fire of the Ursuline convent, has been refused by a vote of 413 to C7. Of the latter number 37 were members from Boston. Th mm proposed to be appropriated was $10,000. It is stated that the nuns will procied either to Canada or Florida. The Reflux. Take notice, readers , of the beginning of the end of the hard mo ney delusion! It haa begun, a appears by the following: From the Aew York Evening Star, March 24. Hard Monev. Well, gentlemen, your hard money is going lack again. The packets which sail this day carry out speciebills of exchange being now at So all the humbug of Jackon gold and hardmoney is very clear and apparent. Now call in your small bills and lee where the specie is.

Balloon Ascension --Mr. Clayton, wl.o ascended from this place in a balloon, the evening of this day week, has not yet been beard Horn with any certainty. It was his intention to proceed all night, and reach if practicable, some point east of the mountains. The course upon which he departed would conduct him south of Richmond, in Virginia, approaching N. Carolina. If he succeeded in kepping op all niglif, and reaching the Atlantic border in this direction, we may not bear from him for several days. So if be wis lost in the night in the wilderness country over which his course lay. Cincinnati Gazette, April 1G. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga

zette, says The citizens of Cincinnati, no doubt, recollect a proposal that was made some time ago, to build an Atmospheric Air Engine, and in case of success, it offered one half of the rijht to any person w ho w onbl advance a sufficient sum of money to build it, and as there was no offer made, the proposer undertook it himself, on a temporary nnd cheap scale: and temporary as it is.it has exceeded hi? mol sanguine expectation, being a very simple although an ingenious piece of machinery. His belief is now that in a short time, all sfeam and water will be done away with for propelling machinery of all kinds and his very valuable invention used in their place. AWe have received Mr. Poindexter's speech at fhedinner lately given him in Philadelphia. It is a masterly effoit ; and probes with a rod of iron the deep, dark, and disgraceful conspiracy of President Taction and his undrlin against him. We shall commence its re-publication in our next, and we earnestly solicit every honest and upright man in the country, lo give it a careful and attentive reading. Louisville Journal. We did not think the old General woubl be so hard hearted with his friends. He is going to post Amos Kendall, and Mr. Barry is to "aai Spanish." Fa. Free Tress. Not so cruel as the Editor thinks. For Amos well deserves the post;nn let Barry try the efficacy of a litll Spanish brozrn, since all the white washing in the "Globe," can do him no good. Louisville Journal. The following extraordinary example of somnambulism is mentioned by Dr. Abercombie as an established fact: A girl, aged seven years, an orphan, of the lowest rank, residing in the house of a farmer, by whom she was employed in attending cattle, was accustomed to sleep in an apartment separated by a very thin partiton from one which was frequently occupied by an itinerant fidler. This person wa a musician of very considerable jskill,and often spent a partot the nigni in performing riecs of a refined description, but his performance was not tatten nouca of by the child, only as a disagreeable: noise. After a residence of six months in this family she fell into bad health,nnd was removed to the house of a benevolent lady, where, on her recovery, the mot beautiful muic wa often beard in the house during the nisht. which excited no. small interest and wonder in the family, and miny a waking hour was sppnt in endeavors to discover the invisible minstrel. At Ipngth tbe sound was traced to tbo sleeping room of the girl, who was found fast aslep, but uttering from her lips a sound exactly resembling the sweetest sound of a small violin. On further observation it was found, that after being about two hours in bed she became rftles, and began to mutter to herself. She then uttered sounds precisely resembling the turning of a violin, and at length, after some prelr.de, dashrd ofT info elaborate pieces of music, which she performed in. a clear and accurate manner, and with a sound exactly resembling the most delirate modulations of that instrument. During tbe performance she sometimes stopped, made the sound of re-tuning her instrument, and then began exactly where she had stopped in the most correct manner. These paroxysms occurred at regular intervals, varying from 1 to 14 or even twenty nights, and they were generally followed by a degree of fever and pain over various parts of the body. "Horror? of thk sf.a " The brig Caroline arrived lately at Helford, from America, af'.er a long and tempestuous passage. After having been about a week on her voyage, the man at tbe wheel cried out aa rock ahead." The Captain ran forward, and discovered n boat. It contained six living men, nut in tbe la-t state of wretchedness, and one man dead, lying at the bottom of the boat, whose blood they had drank, and a part of whose flesh they had fed on in the morning! These sufferers were tbe only survivors of a crew of 14. Tbev had been about nine days in the boat, driving about, suffering what no tongue can dpscribe, from hunger. and particularly from Ihirst. Two that had died could bear tbe jangs of thirst no longer, and in the bitterness of ngony drank salt water; the consequence was, they became deranged and died. The first viclim had been thrown overboard ; tbe second remained in the boat, whose mangled body mani fested iiresistable craving of tbe hunger that his barely surviving shipmates were suffering under. Welsh Paper. It is said that Mr. Benton aspires to the Presidency. So did nn ambitious fug once aspire to te an t,x.

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