Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 January 1836 — Page 2

VINCENNES. SATUIilKW, JAN. 9, 183fl.

EOR PRESIDENT IN 1S36. GEN. WIYI. H. HARRISON, O Ohio.

FORK. A many of our citizens arc now preparing adventurers of Pork, to be fold at K'v Orleans, or shipped to eastern mar ket, and the advantage derived from inpeclion and price, on account of proper packing, is not generally understood, we pive the following informa'inn, which re g-ol-ttes the Baltimore market, to our readers. It may here be proper to remark,

that a large portion of the Pork and Beef

packed in Indiana, has to encounter the charge of repacking and assorting at N.

Orleans, before shipment, on account of

neghlence and inattention to ihe establish, ed rules of the market to which it is sent

plaint woold escape from his lips. We were present en one occasion, when one of bis relations, after snuffing the candle, deposited the snuffers on the top of the Move, instead of the candlestick. Grip-

hat lived on the Wabash for twenty yenrs, is a gentleman of acknowledged talent and enterprie, and possesses a high character for his efficiency and skill in legislation in the state of Indiana. 1 know

ing his agonizing knees, he burst out mto'lhere are some persons striving to behorrid execrations against the culprit fir come our servants in that station, merely the offence which he liad committed -- for the sake of the emolument? and honDoee hot all mankind know, said he, the ois, but the people have a right to choose meanest vagabond that crawls upon the ;for themselves, and we wish to do so for earth, (still griping his knees) that the )once, in order that our Legislator? may if place for the snuffers is always, e al-taught to attend strictly to our primary

ways alwayi on (still griping ins Knees harder and harder) the candlestick. If

we only consider the body politic as suffering the pains of this revolutionary officer as racked in every joint, as deeming it unmilitary to complain of the caucus candidates, we shall soon discover that many pretexts the party leaders now resort to, resemble the old complaint about Ihe snuffers. Even the occasional editorials of our neighbor of the Sun, could be offered as illustrative of our idea but the discovery was made long ago. Our friend Town of the Evanville

Journal, advertises for "2.000 lbs. of Pork

interests. Let it not he sain met no degree of talent could have benefitted our

river, when Ihe President would have ve

ranges of buildings rn &3rftret f the Gre, that lit prcgrjw might thus be interrupted. But the difficulty was to obtain powder none of consequence being allowed in the city. A sufficient supply, therefore, could not be obtained short of the Navy Yard whence, also, the mayor was oblige to send f0r a stroDg military

lorce. to preserve proueitv trom tfce

swarm of robbers who are ever read on such occasions. (What a commentary upon ihe depravity of man!) Such is Ihe confusion thai prevail, and such the difficulty of working one1 way among (he smoke, and fire, and heated

toed everyHull for its improvement. H rums, inai it is impossible to detail par-

was long known that a large minority ininculars with any pretension to accuracy

Extracts from an ordinance reeulatine ,hefUt(ib for Phasing a Printing Press " - s i nr . i I -

insj)ection of Park in the Ciy of Balli

tnore. Mess Perk, shall consist entirely of midtiling pieces f good heavy fat hogs. Prime Pork, shall be packed from good heavy fnt hogs; both heads of the cask to be filled with middling pieces, cut not less lhan four inches wide not more than four shoulders and three jowls, (without skulls.) and three tail pieces cau be admitted . Cargo Vo. 1 Pork, shall consist of not more lhan four jowls or two w hole heads, with the ears and noses cut off, and ihe heals well cleansed from blood; three tail pieces to each barrel, the top ef the barrel to be filled with middling pieces cut from 1 to 5 inches wide; the weight to be made up with shoulders or hams. Every barrel of Poik must contain not 1ps than two hundred pounds, with not less than one bushel of good clean coarse alt; and every cask l be filled up with cleau strong pickle. Van Bnrenism, Mobs, Caucuses, SfC. The arbitrary and inconsistent course pursued by the party administration of the General Government for some years past, may readily account for all the violence and excitement now prevailing; and this tui bulent spirit of dissitisfaction cannot be suppressed, until the cause ceases. When honesty and capacity in the service of the country, excited emulation when merit only, commanded reject and pat roiiage, correct principles were cherished, nnrl the people enjoyed peace and safety. Nothing wrongs in policy or principle, would then be tolerated. But the 'spoilt1 doctrine was inculcated office under this administration with government favor for support, was announced, aad the fruit of such doctrine is now evident. Of the expenditure ftf the people's rrvney upon office holders inMead of internal improvement of the destruction of a general rurrncy equal to specie throughout the Union and of a refusal to divide the proceeds of the public land upon conMitutional principle, the "whole h"gv boys could not complain with any shadow of grure, since all whs seemingly the pteasu.e of Gen. Jackson, and they would support his measures. They hail pledged themselves over an! over again to be Jackon men," and the deceitful leaders, well rewarded, urged upon their acquaint ances, with every specie? of eajolery, to 'Stick to the party." They had supported Jackson warmth was excited, and trany made a virtue of necessity to sub

mit. 1 here was, however, much internal rancor, much concealed and hidden rerntment, there was indeed u dreadful fermentation; the majority were sore and writhing under the anguish of the wounds which their own folly hail inflicted. Nothing was wanting but a vent for these fiery pnrticles to explode. The Baltimore caucus ha nff trded that vent. The party could not be impoed upon any longer; and of all other men, Van Buren was the moit generally abhorrent, on aecount

rf hi sneaking mode of action. Judge

We would like to receive the same quan

tity for the same purpose. The Vincennes Polemic Society has been converted into a Moot Legislature Its session commences this evening, when Samuel Hill, Eq., having been chosen

Governor, will deliver his Inaugural Address. At the request of a numhar of our citi 7.ens, we lat Saturday called a meeting for Ihe purpose of forming a Light Infantry Company, for the laudable design of instructing m.r young men in military tac tics, as well as being an ornament to the place, but not to go to Texas, "the land of glory and rich donations of land' as the editor of the Evansville Journal is. pleased to have it. Mow in the name of common sene friend Town could construe our dmple notice info any thing calculated to lead us to Texa, we cannot conceive. We would advise him to procure a pair of specks. We acknowledge the receipt of manv favors, by way of public documents, from Messrs. Shaw and Myers of our state Leeilature, and from Messrs. Davia and Hendricks, in Congre.

Congress wa9 opposed to all internal im

provements, not strictly national, and that the best evidence of the national importance of a stream, was its ports of entry. Why was this matter not attended to in the first place, instead of indiscreetly craving asistance, without regard to the opinions of a respectable minority in Congress, or those of the executive? Of

jmembers of Congress, we expect zeal to

be accompanied by knowledge. CRAWFORD. Crawford Co. III. Dec. 20th, 1835.

The du of four paper mails, seventeen bag, from the east, was brought in veterday morning. Our subscribers must not ask for newt, when we get no p.ipers Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Vandalia, to his friend in this place, dated

Vandalia, lllinoi, Dec, 29th, 1885. Dear Sir Gen. Wni. D Ewing, of this place, wa this evening elected t the Senate of the Uniten States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Elia K Kane, lie was elected by the White and ant i administration men --beating Col. James Sample, whole hog Van Buren man. A victory indeed."

INDIANAPOLIS, DEC. 29, 1835.

Below, we have given the account pre

pared for the Mercantile Advertiser one

of ihe two surviving morning papers at the late hour that paper was put to press. The conflagration continued to extend for some houi? afterward. The reader may

form some opsnion of the magnitude of

the calamity, by the following statement, prepared by consulting the map, after we had walked around the ruins for the purpose of a deliberated survey. South side of Wall street fram William street to East river, including the Merchant1 Exchange, and excepting some

three or four buildings between Merchant

llivnot Lir rt Arli' Niiaiia? anI Pan rl A 1

After Ihe rearling of Ihe Journals this- r x ,.r " . ,, ,. . , ? cn i nni William f r I r- r I KniLl inrva r n t

ii uui v iihuih r triwriiia I'UUUMitn j w t.

FOR THE VINCF.SSES GAZETTE.

Mr. Editor -WhiUuhe Legislatures ofj '""P"'

Indiana and Illinois are in esinn, am

prohaMly debating upon Ihe propriety

morning Mr. Morkis presented the petition of sundry citizens of Indiana, pravingi that the Michigan Road be made a Rail ! or Turnpike road. Referred. Mr Edwards presenter! the petition of sundry citizens of Jay County, praying the pas-j sage of an act to reorganize said county.'

Lelerred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs Edwards, Kilgore and Macy. On motion of M r. K ilgoue, the previous orders of the day were suspended, 'or the purpose of taking up the report made in the case of Christian C Nave. a member of the Ilou-e on a charge of

perjury. Mr. Iuarles again came wiitun

Ihe bar of the House, proceeded in the

defence of Mr. Nave, and in something

like an hour he concluded his speech. When he had concluded, Mr. Evans moved a call of the House. Absent Messrs Huntington, McBean, Boon, Am-

trong. Kilgore, and Carnan. Mr. Wn.-

f.ETT moved a suspension of the call.--Negatived, The door keeper was then

ent to bring in the absentees AH busi

ness wa supeuded for three quarters of

an hour, during which an unsuccessful search was made for the absentees. Mr Armstrong and Mr. Carsan appeared

within the bar of the House, and apnto gies were made for Messrs McBean and Bono, on accunt of sickness. Mr. Hunt ington, another absent member, had not jet returned fmm Terre flunte, whither be had gone by leave of the House. Mr. Kilgore was the only absent member for whom an excuse was not offered, or who was within reach of a procM from the House. Mr Willett, thereupon, moved that a process be issued by the Speaker, and entrusted to the Searg.int-at-Arm, for the purpose of compelling the atlendanance of the absent member. Various motions to suspend the further call ot the House were rejected by large majorities At length M r. Kiloork, 'Hip last one,1 arrived and a further call of the House was

I. Mr. W ii. lf.tt offered a re

solution amendatory of the resolution op

posed by the select committee, and de-

deslroyed but injured in the rear

Exchange street, both sides, from Broad

street, crossing William to Merchant strf et the Garden street church was em Waced in this section Merchant street, (formerly Hanover) both sides, from Wall to Hanover square. William street, both sides, from Wall street to Hanover square. Stone street , from Hanover square to the lane leading to the head of Coeuties slip. Exchange street, and part of Beaver stieet, ir.'xn Pearl nearly to Broad. Water street, both sides, from Coffeehouse slip to Coenties slip. Front street, both sides, from Ceffee-

hone slip to Coenlie slip

. . . . . ! .tl. ,m

three and four honurcu uiai

The loss cannot fall much horl or i n t,

TY MILLIONS Or PULi.Aio-fl manv re of opinion that it will exceed THIRTY MILLIONS!

From the National Intelligencer. TO TIIK EDITORS. Gentlbmen:-As you are no doubt de-f-irou-of gMing every fact having any con-f-exion with the recent disastrous fire in New Yrk, I herewith enclose jrou a list of the Fire Insurance companies in that city, with the amount of their capital. I have seen letter from New York, which state that most of these companies wilt be ruined. One letter says thai they will not be able to pay more than from ten to thirty per cent. Another retnar ks, 4,they v ill not be able pay on an average fifty per cent-"

Fire Insuranct Lempanu$ itinera lo'J.

Name, Mutual

Washington Eagle Globe, Merchants Franklin Manhattan Fulton Farmer1 Fire and Loan North River Eqiitahle Phoenix

Capitals.

500,C00 500.000 500.000 6,000,000 600.000 250 000 250.000 00.000 500,000 350.000 300.000 250.000

New York Contribntionship 300,000

Jefferson United Statei yEtna Traders Firemen's Howard American New York City New York Bowery G uardian East River Greenwich Total

250 000

500 000 400,000 250,000 300,000 300 000 200.000 200.000 300.000 300,000 300,000 250,000 250,000

9,450,000

eering vote in favor of a Wabash appropriation, but who will exert all hi faculties for the benefit of this large but neglected portion of the Western country. We are willing to concede that in Le-. g'slation, one man alone can do but little, but it is certainly true, that if the wants and wishes of so large a section of countiy be faithfully advocated, ami constant-

White, one of the earliest and most effi-;ly presented with zeal and ability, they

rient friends of Gen. Jackson, stood forth'are seldom suffered to remain neglected.

oppoed to the caucus; the party, except I did hope, that Mr. Casey our Represen

t. j! i . l t-

, c ,hft urA .,lJ ciannsr ine u'lnmiupe uucnrgeo from

Ihanexerting themselves for that purpose.! ,he ',mher .consideration of the case, it becomes us of Crawford cnuntv. anrl j which was rejected by a large majonty. indeed the people of every county on the 1 he solut.on moved by the .elect com Waba.h, to be particularly careful whom'-m,,tee: ,or' .'"" i . i"f , i-r r a rejected. Ayes 2o IN ays 45 Thu

or our State Legislature; and to be we has ended a very troube.ome matter, atassured, that whoever we may favor wit!,i,er,ne Vis,e ol a "ppk or more in d.our votes hereafter, is a Wabash mn; cu,ng a gentleman s character, and ,n identified with Wabash inte rest , and who va,,,l-v vormg t find out whether will not merely make a two penny speech,! Mr Nave ,v;,s a c,PTer fr,loiv or not- ' i r.,i .I.,,, . I hope the memberi are all satisfied Khe

x ? in c iim;ii'mi. in icL,ifiti nil u rL,iiu i-

Of the above institution I learn that the

Sonrfi street, In-m the same to the same. Bowery, United Sfates, North River, and South side of Coffee house Slip, fron Citv, have epcape-d loss. I am too much Pearl street to the E,t River. ! fleeter! br I his awful dispensation to make

uoin sines 01 kjiu otip. (including me aDV remarks .

r rnklin market) from Pearl street to the E-ist River North cide Coenties Slip, from Pearl street to the river. Jone's lane, Govverntyiri lane, Cuylers alley and part of Mill street Seventeen Idocks of tmildins, of the

Washington, Satnrday,? P. Commendable A correspondent of the Alexandria Gazette has fbe following statement in relation to the tomb of Washington. Upon a recent visit to the Tomh of Washington. I was much gratified by

largest and most costly description, are ;ihp a,eration arid improve ments around if. I. .1 ally destroyed: the large block bet ween Pl-veo rolored nen mr. indu.f riou.lr

Wall street an I Exchange place, bnnnrl-LmpOVPfl in levelling the earth, and lured on the we.t by Broad street, that be-1 finff arV,,JrH , he sepulchre. There was an tween exchange place and Beaver streetJ, exi,9nn 0f feeling about them, (routing on Broad street, and that ' ' l ti n t induced me to inquire ifthey belonged twee.. Beaver and Mill streets, also front. fo,he re9i,ecUhle lady of the mansion, mgon Broad, are greatly injured, and Thev tPlJ ih.i thv a r f th.

may almost be said to be rie,troyed-ex- m,ny fUv(., freed by Gen George Wash.

mgtofi, they had offered their services upon this hist and melancholy occasion, at the only return in their power to make lo the remains of the man who had been more than a father to them; and they should continue their labors as long as any thing should be pointed out for them to do.

public should be. ll'abash Courier.

DttZJADFUIi CALAMITY, ANIXiltllAT LOSS OF PUOFERTY IN NLW VOltK. The New Yor k Commercial of Thursday evening says New York has been for fifteen hours in flames ! They are not yet extinguished. A large section, and that the oldest and most tvealthy portion of the city, is in ruins; and whether the progress of the Destroyer is y et cornplete-

tative in ConPTPsn. would, after receiviofri ly arrested, we cannot tell. Since the

- n v j - ------ I so strong a support from the counties on conflagration of Moscow, no calamity by the Wabash, manifest a greater degree of fire so extensive, and so dreadful, has talent and enterprise on this subject befallen any city in the world. The fire

nroke out in Merchant street, in the triangular block formed by Wall, William, and Pearl streets, at abut nine oVIock last ni;ht. A fierce wind was blowing

i lace the citizens of the different states, mers are impoverished, emigration isdi-1'rom the northwest , and the weather so

on an equality: each one of these to-jverted from us, and our merchants cannot inttnsely cold as to render the efficient

for certain objects, was thus virtually dissolved, and the many excitations we have recently lamented, affords a very unfavorable sample of the original material.

Slavery, as established in the South; re-! Fifty thousand dollars a v ear, would come

liginn, as freeiy tolerated; internal im- j fa r short ot compensating this section ot provement, as eseotial to union and pros-Join State, for the loss sustained by the obreritv: a ceneral currency, as required Istructions in the Wabash river. Our far-

s j ' c II . .

to

upon an equality

I .T- . . t la I t 1 I orl. iiira f I K n nrtrvnMa r hajaiK. I .

pic w as graspeH m (liuerent quarter, j encourage agncunure nere, as wiey un """'s ,(' -iig.ucs iih"--h.ic . , and as the vent w idens, all of them nre j elsewhere, merely because so fine a streamj consequence was, that the Gie held the

denounced, together with is neglected. And it really seems to me mastery tnrougli Hie night spreading

alternately

those who sustain constitutional doctrine, j that an enterprising and taientetJ rnerhy the agitators. The wisdom and patri- chant, who knows how our trade i fet

etism of the people have now happily tered, how agriculture is cramped, how

nruted to put down imposition; and Van Buren ill sink with it. Yet there are

not wanting ihe of a different cast. Ex cept the office holders and a few expectnnts with the deputy Postmasters, and Contractors, and party etlitois, there are fen- pledged to support Van Buren; but there are many willing to explode upon the subjects we have adverted to, who are silent in relation to the caucus. These are in the. situation of an old acquaintance e-f our. We knew an officer m our revolutionary war, now no more, who in hi last sickness, was tormented with excruci sting pain in every joint. He deemed it humdiatory to complain of his sickness, iind while the sweat of anguish would trickle down his forehead, not a sigh would he otUr, not a aiurmur ol com-

and where our navigation should be im

proved, and who knows his own interest to be indissolubly connected with such im provements, tvould be the very kind of person for tin district to elect to Congress. Party politics should have nothing to do in such an election; but the man to be elected, should be shrewd, talented and enterprising, who carries on an extensive traffic with our farmers, and therefore

well acquainted with their interest, and disposed to promote it In looking over our Congressional district for such a ge'. tleman, I know of no one who more complatelv fills this description, or who would receive a stronger support in Crawford county, than Mr. John C- Rpily, of Lawrence. He is largely engaged in merchandise, and trading with our farmers,1

jwith great and destructive rapidly. It

was an awful night for Nw York, and for the country. But we can neither describe the grandeur of the spectacle, nor

tne desolation brought more distinctly lo

view by the morning light. The arm ol man was powerless; and many of our fellow citizens who retired to their pillows in affluence, were bankiupts on awaking. The fact of the powerlesne of the firemen, from the almost intantaneou congelation of the water, and the benumb ing influence of the cold, increased the constei nation which prevailed among the thousands of the agitated multitude who were witnesses of the calamity many of them doomed to stand and see the destruc tion ot their own fortunes, without being able to lilt a finger for the rescue. To arrest the flames at once it wa seen to be impossible, sav by the blowing up of

cept the tingle range of stores fronting on Broad street. The number of building it is impossible ascertain, but it i estimated between 700 and 1000. The amount of property destroyed is incalculable. Those acquainted with our city will at once perceive that neatly the entire seal of its greatest commercial transactions has been detroy ed . It is not probable that the destruction of any given section, of any other city in the world, or equ.l extent, would have involved a greater destruction of capitol or ruined the tt-ir-

tunes ot a greater number of men The destruction of gfod, of every lecrip-

j tion that can be enumerated, has been im

mense; and what yet farther macnifie the calamity is the fact, that the portion of the city thn destroyed, is one which has been almost entirely rebuilt within the last five or hx years, and was covered on every hand with the most noble and substantial ranges of mercantile edifices perhaps in the world.

VOSTSCRIPTm ONE O'CLOCK, P. M -The fire has been mastered, and we rejoice to lern, did not cross Coenties Slip, nor advance any further south upon Pearl treet. 07" We are gratified that we are enabled ta stale that the bank, with one accord, are acting in this emergency upon a scale of the most extended liberality. To-day the officers have "taken the re sposibility ,v in all necessary caes, ofdoii. g as they would be done by." A rneeN ing of bank directors is to be held to morrow for further consultation. CfcrMr. Leggett, of the Telegraph, has made arrangements to have the telegraph from Holt's Hotel. It will be ready in a lew days. 07" We are requested to say that there will be a meeting of the citizens this afternoon, at 4 oVlock, at the Moyoi's office for the purpose of forming a patrol. THIRD RF.G'T N. Y. ST AT K ARTILLERY: WASULXGTOX GIU YS .

New York. Dec, 17. 1335 10 oMork, A M

fl Flying Bridge. Brooks in one of his late letters, gives the subjoined account of a flying bridge, over the Rhine, near the city of Bonn: "An anchor is fixed nt a certain distance up Ihe stream, always greater than the breadth of tha river, frem which arable of rone or a

chain passes to the platform of the ferry boat, which i here supported on n couple f large barges. The cable is buoyed op by passing over soch a number of boats a may be found necesary. 1 the rudder of the large platform be moved so as to turn the hearts of the supporting barges about a point of the compas towarda the stream, so as to let it out against the sides of the bows, they will, of course, she r acrn9 or rs?illafe like a pendulum.

itha slow and uniform mo'ion, to the opposite side the cable and its supporting bot edging over in th direction of th platform. By having the height of the platform the same ns that on the pierrsor landing places on the sides of the river, carriages of any size, without unyokinj the horses they may drive upon it, can pas over without disturbing passengers or baggage within them. I have been thus particular in the description of this bridge, because I think it might be n?fl with prfit on many of the rivers of the United States, where i ferry is difficult, and where it is not permitted to obstruct the river by a bridge. Ferry Boats on the above plan, have been in successful operation two years on the Wabash, opposite the town of Vin canoes. It is an American invent ion, aadj worthy of American genius Ed.Gaz. Curovs AJantitcript. In a list of ta. cient literary and remarkable manucripts

recently announced for enle bj the Messrs.

In compliance with diviion and brigade Snntherhy , of London, is one m jth th

orders of this morning, the regiment i

directed to parade this day. in full uniform, in front of the City Hall, at 3 o'clock, P. M , to aid the civil authorities in the protection of property, and the preservation of order in the present distressing calamity. By order of Col. GEO. P. MORRIS. Maxwell, Adjutant. This i9 a terrible calamity to New York. It is believed that more than two hundred valuable stores and warehouse are destroyed, with the principal part of ibeir content. No estimate of the amount of damage can be made some individual sleek of goods estimated as high as two

following tjtlft. A letter from the Earl of Bth to Lr! Norreys, dated April 16. 1631. being "A proposal for the sale of the Province f New Jersey, a country almost as large as England, belonging to the late George Carferef, for the small sum of between A and C.0C0 Thus it appeared that one hmdred and fifty years ago, the whole Male of NewJerey wa offered for sale for the Bum of about 25,000. American Almonds Mr. frason S?mp f Gate count v, ne4r Rochesteras i Vised 'hi year neaily a peck of Alrno'ii from l branch of that fruit tree engrafted in a peacb.