Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 January 1836 — Page 1

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VOLUME 5. VINCENNES, INDIANA, JANUARY 16, 1836. NUMBER 33

POETIC A I

CAl'CUS. What it the sovereign's! thing on earth! To crutb republics in their i)ir(h, To raiie up rice, and put duwn worth? A Caucus! When scorn an arch-intriguer brave, What is the lait resort of knave. To make ii im great, an J millions -Inves! A Caucus! When fends run Ideh, and frictions double, What rids the people of all trouble. And proTei their sovereign will :i bubble? A Caucu' What wm it that, twelve years ntto, Aiiu'd at the commonwealth a blow; Which na'er will Lt foi gotten? No! A Caucus. What Is't that daring schemers still, Tb measure of intrigue to fill, Cbriiten and ch 11 the people's will? A Caucus! What is it that the virtuous name A vile deceit a public shame A mildew on the nation's fame? A Caucus! What is it the public will to sway By which, as shallow schemers say; Their candidate shaft wiu his way? A Caucus! But soon will public anger rise. Ami like the thunder of the skies. Awe down each peddling knave that cries "A Caucu!" Like dew drops from the lion's mane, The nation will shake offthe rein Of the Itegency and break the chnin Of Caucus! Virtue and truth shall then be crovvn'd, And services and talents thronM And none presume to raise the sound Of Caucus I hatelon$ stories and thort nrs of corn, A costly farm house, and a Umbby barn. More curs than pic;, no books but ninny guns, 3i?re toes, tight boots, old debt:, and paper tfuus. I hate tight lacing, and loore conversation, Abundant gab, and little information ; The fool who sings in bed, and mores in mcetinr. v ho lauehs while taikine, and who talks while ; eating. j SS?5!,TB" err0rurW the Baltimore t a'riot. WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. 1B35.

There is just now a dead calm in thethe somewhat excited, -and the question legislative and speculative markets. Eve an,i answer went louud. as to the piobary thing is at a stand-still. Theie i no.bte comparative speed of the boat-, an. rise and r.o fall , perceptible change,' what would be Ihe rult should theie be indeed, of the political merrui v. and ! l lal o speed. When nlmo-t ahieaei we were driven t our wits, we coire- of '. 'be inteiest grew 'stronger we Impendent! at Washington, to ek nut ma-' '" l'l ouoelves concerned u the

terial for letters loour kind and indulgent readers. Nothing whatertr in the Senate tn-day worthy of record. After some matlei of course had been attended to. tbt body went into secret eesion upon Excum e business, the galleries were closed, aod . man ffr ih Spnatp adiourneit I ibt; fiat learn that anv thin? important was Anm V mav conn evoect nmii ac t im '" 'J upon three important nomination Iwn to the Supreme Court Bench, and one to j Enirland. Tawby will of cour-e be put in for the Chief Justiceship, and may fO'siblv be cenfirmed, if all report an. I indications are true. BARnoua, -f Virginia, wnat tntnKyou oi mm, a an a sociate Judge of that Court? And what !

kind of a Minisver to England would Pot.K tiik." "Captaio!" screams one on the row 5. w 1, h t.e always reuime.i on make' CASS can go to EogUnd i' he ! upper deck, "Ihe Ohiu'll beat, go ahead ! Monday monung. As the same m -ney WOtildlike to do so, and may pos-ibly put on 'he steam!"' "Captain T" man one. "hich ha-t been lent wa invaiiahly re consent lobe nominated. If he does go.- ftom the stern, -by all that' Chr.stun we! 'nrued m payment, the lender became Polk will be nominated to take hi place shall be done up. Why don't you si t ike , ""I" tepet.110,, of a request IB the Cabinet, Masok of Virginia, takes! "head V "Captain," c.es a voice from so singular, and asked for an explanation, the Chair ofthe Houe. ! think H these'ihe. bow, -on with hei on with her jThe g" M parson replied that he had i. frm r. ro Masov. in-1 Hurrah for the North A-nerica! Put on 'se for the money but on Sunday, for

Cluiire, will be consummated the steam ! Creation, how thev go ahead! 'he could preach much better with n five The House of Representatives have At this moment a loud echoing ' llur- j dollar bill m bis pocket than il it was been upon the subject of the Ohio and rah!' came to oar ears from the other, limply. Michigan boundary to-day. You will re-j and a hundred hats were waving in the j - member that when the Message oflheUir. The captain couldn't quite stand John Wade was conveyed In the S'ate President relating to this question came ! that, and he winked to the engineer Our'Pnson yesterday, in custody of High into the House, Mr. Job Qcixcy Adams! speed suddenly increased, and as we gam-i Sheriff Baker. lie was convicted of iir-

mov ed that it be committed to a Select Committee. This was carried, ami ol course he was placed at its head. A mo tln was soon after made to reconsider that vote, and to-day the motion was called up for discussion. Some rernatks were made by the mover, a representative from Ohio, corroborating whfct bad already been said by ene of his colleagues, Mr Storer. on the subject of unanimity of opinion among all the Ohio delegation Bpon the questions involved in this dispnte. He also gave some reason why the subject should not be committed to the Select Committee which had been appointed under the resolution, a leconsineratioo of which was now under dicusion. He wai followed by Mr. Adams in a very wa'rm speech in the course of which he took occasion to enter somewhat at large into the merit of the question, as well as into a comparison, of the relative position occupied by tho State and the Territory, wbo-e tight and mtere-i

are involved rn the di-onted. He clnorrJ,i,p r;,,,,P ,Vi, oon explained by a mre

hard In the chairmanship f 'he Se!cc: Committee, and called for the aye nd siess, when the question should be taken frem reecBs4derilen. Mr. V'x-rrox and

Mr. SrOHER from Ohio, f.dlnued in a speerh by nn oath that u fit) hi have sirnk stiaiu of very neat and appropriate re- a mode i ae Mzed sea rr.er. " Dnu'l cry bemad on the Ohio side, and Mr McI.ane fori vnu'ie hint When 1 get m. I'll' t 1 1

ol Indiana, having made a few remark to ".-: "" iew remain to the same effect, the question for reconsid. erattnn was put nod caihed by a great f , n , . , Io new to cay. I r sidcntial. specula - live, foiH4un or domestic. We shall have mote timing tunes toon O. ... . ill1 J. 11 L!1"!. '! i . .. j A STKAMBOAT HACI't How much is said of steamboat racinc? flow many haul wonts Hre s-oiken, a nd

long face put on itgainjtlhe captain vho.,1,r'1 Ivotv it seemttl as il we might may be so unlortunate as lo ha e a "blow j have jumped from one boat to another.

up" in coiieqne nee tf a trial of speed j ' h loninp eddies from the flashing of lie is consideied ly somen munferer, by 'be wheel, met and mingled in mad toothers hs something noise than mortal f ' participated in the stiuggle for say tfiese, he who can risk the Ii v s j n,MV one ,OHt "pp'auded a witty speech of so many fellow beings to gralily feel fr,rn "e f ' o tfy 1"4, lour ingot levenge, or to sustain an unworthy j ''""''I frm its rival at the answer. But pude, is ul.-n.'fl a demon. Doe an acci- ,,,e vessels kept side by side, dent happen fiom lacing? the pi ess comes We were both to stop at and our down oi mane upon the poor wretch u ho , raP,fnn awore he would get in firf, for may chance t t.e capluin, aud were he to ' '',at he cons ide ted the point of victory be tried before a juiy of his count ry men, t "p WH 'he outside, and therefore had he would be condemned to be bung with-:'h-d vantages to content! tvith--hut still out Ihe benefit of clergy. And yet in; he "as tesolved. When within a few some instances the captain is the most in-j",,,e Hn'' he slood off from the Ohio to nocent man on board, the one o ho wield 00,Br' 54 v"ler space for action hi aim ihe weapon of his judgement to the veiy j nB9 "bsei veil, and the Ohi steered closer last, t gives r.'it cut the mastery to hts feel ! ' 'he ahor e . U came near the town ings until sjmpa'hy und excitement ha ve , 'n''r)"V of interest now made Ihe prtie fdunted the sword of the before mention-i1'" a,i death; almost the breathing wb ed connsellor. We will relate an anec j!,,,il"nded - nothing wa heanl but the dote in w hich w e w ere concerned, to show t''r'k"g nl the heavy rtifhinery and the the ignorant how a race is got up, and to ''hing of the wheels A crowd f rnwhom Ihe bUme belongs. Wetveie lo ! citizens soon lined the v harves, nod go trom N. York to Albany, in the summer !'''' added fuel lo the fluoe. The Ohio of 1830. and in Ihe morning of a most hgnn to slaf k n. su r e of victory "N-w. heatititiil day we stepped aboard theNoith 'ftjineer," ciied the captain, 'put on all Ameiic-t. Competition had reduced the 'he'll bear ." We ent like lightning, topnee of a parage; and, of course, in-!wt,r'' the same point with our rival creased the number of passengen, and j Nearer nearer we rnrne to her closer our tnat was crowded. So. n the noble closer '. "You'll stiike n"!" shouted vessel that skims the water like a floating !ft,,r captain; "bear ff!" It w t.io palace, ilepaited rnajetically fioin t fie ; l'e--crack ve came together our prow wharf. At almost the same moment, the struck her wheel h'-use, nefore we tinned

Ohio of equal size and beauty, left a neighboring slip bound on the same course. As we went rapidly up the riv er, our pas seneers were ei jraoed in watchintr the 1 r e 6 i progiess oi our majestic competitor, as a I I it i le astei n of us, she proudly cut through the waters, her wheels leaving behind them a long line of foam and troubled waters, her pipe belchirg out thick black smoke, and her decks coveied with a dense multitudo. Soon she perceptibly earned on us. and she ws only half liei Ug, in our rear. Nw the ,'u.ioitv of the ih rouging crowd mound u began to Honor ni the t.o:it in which we were; a vngue sensation tliat we shoul'f be di-gra ced if we wee t eaten, made our eyes nre intent on our co-npetitor, and a glow t xitenient to nuns u our cheeks Ail th;s w hde, our rHptatn was quietly o. ropiet io his tlu'ies. Orcasionally he turned a "l ince fr.im the corner ol hi eve a! the Ohio, but hnlieil irnl n ihMhhI I r orn h is o ci ; a 1 1 -n A ballet was soon . "lened upon bun lro, the now excited ! passengei, L-iptain. rued one. n l e gom ahead ." C.n.'t bel p it. sir 'vel 1 nn! lt ifinr If. t n it a t 1 s Ii i, t'P -,t no " s iv.' ""i 'ii"j; "nn in i ci j ' i -l 1 1 1 . anoiher. "iion ( for heaven's sike let her be.it Put on a Itlib more ste nn " "C-ni't - ' - s - - - - - i sir. and won't sir. I've responsibility enr-ugh on my shoulders without t unniog ed on our adveisary, n long, loud shout j hurst Irmn nur nniimii rrmvil "That's it ! :

that's it! Go ahead! On with her! Now! hours of C nnd 11, was the time fised for we're even wilh her we're ahead! give nijs execution; but about 9 o'clock on that her another pettier !" And thei :tipon out 1 d v. and while preparations were making clerk resounded with another shout. Thisjfnr the final scene, a message was recetv. was not ot on ihe Ohio. She evident ly Ud fr0in the State Executive, granting put on more fleam, and puffing ami blow -j Wade a cornmu'atioo nl punishment from "g. began to regain her advantage. Then , jmmed late deal h to imprisonment hiring

battery No 2 was opened on the captain He withstood it manfully for a time. We fell fast in the rear - vexation and disappointment were visible on the countenances of nil -and a second shout rang like a peal of victory from the other boat Even this, however, moved not our com - . 1 1 .Ui in uilli mao'ler. innirhii was a nam "ii" tand- but soon after, n stentorian voice, through a peaking taumpef, crossed the water: "Captain when shall we say be in Albany!" and we could hear vnn the raca! Uueh. Our veteran's calm r,e- wm aliocrtlier annihilated by nn: he disappeared for a moTnnt, anil Tj !f.t da-hinsr "f the wheel-; then h rajeH his own trumpet, and mounting wheelboure, roared out, prefacing bts

em i sprue me uh o tout ten nines helow'' then turning round, he doublet! I-,., tfi and exclaimed -By eM beat j,.ir.!M Now came the tug of war! Our : excitement amounted almost to agony.

'em I speke the C)lno about ten nilles be The boilei's bursting we should have laughed at ; we actually counted ihe re . olUnion of the Ohio's wheels A-ay, uivav

we went, both Ihe boats coming neaierjby hts hwnor the Mayor, to request the hihI neaier to rnr.h other. Soon we w ere It" ! ymir store, ' w Inch I hid gmtif tu 'wi'hin speaking distance, and taunts antliblow up" The merchant, tvithout the

H rcam were bandietl from deck to at all. Then theie wa9 a crash of wood, and scream, and outcnes, and mad shouts. AH the wheel house was torn away, and ve went tip tr lumphant I y to the wha 1 1. - c'i. - . a.... .i... ' " ' " ' papers were unammnu that Captain oughf to be Iriecf for endangering the lives of his passengers. Heroic.--Dm ing the late awful coi.fj t-

uralion at New Y"otk. Mr.Loui Wilkin, ' ttons There is not a whit less of true i midshipman, returned n few month heroism m the deed, than if the most inre Irorti the Pnric. asing along one fashion. ide mother in the city had hern of ihe streets, then n prey to the do vonr- j the victim Where i the unfoi tuoate tnsr element, his eats were asailed with jorphan who was saved? J there no ache ag-nizio? crie id" a female, to whom , 'lv benevolence to rescue it from the f he immediHtely ruhe', and on hea rmjf j frets of this misfortune ?' troni fier that her onlv cluld, an infmt,' e-1, 1,111 wa then in the upper pait of a lionseaUj Self Delusion --Sir Mifhxel Seymour ready in flnne-, and woibi inevitable hp! Hint Sn John Foil Innore, two captains in J'nrnt up if some one did not in'aritl fly 'be fititih navy.lioth Muttered most horto it i csc ue . lie forced hi wa v up st-iu s. ' ri,,l y . The for me r endeavored to get rid ootw ithtanding ihe repealed wxtning of jof (lie hariassing impediment, ancl follovv-

the firemen and oilier spectators, that he i would inevitably peii-h in the attempt, ai.ci (tiete found the innocent in bed. who, uncfneiou of its tlanger, was playing with it little hands, pleaed, no doubt, at the tnilliati' v of the scene, (for the roooi itel f w a on fiie!) He nn Zed it, und hap l"7 """""" ee. .,otf m9 e.. . rmifO II HI 1H eOlllIflCSi Ol l rtl!0""l .: .. .. . .i -i- l c .. : .. '""'-'. " tanu.. j y, threw her arnis nround hi neck X' lann og. w i t, a heart i v e i fl w n g with t i at r "'oe. "M U xl ! o, Uoili thou hast not e. "My G Mi forsaken me Enquirer The Rev Mr. B of N. used to go to ''i rieiffh..r eveiy Saturday evening lo before the Supreme vourt in vj..ioier lnt nod Thursdav last, between the ts uatnral life, zsuh thirty days solitary Cofintment. The Executive clemency ,v thn far extended to Wade, we learn, j jn roneqnence of petitions, pre-ented in jhi behalf, one signed by all the jurors who sat on his ca-e. and another in aid of , the jurors'i petition, containing about one 1 . n,l ...wnoa umnncr ivhirlt were hoe? "'"""i"" "",,"r s f maoy of the most re-pectable gentleibi count v. Wade met nil sen tence with apparent ecmpoure, and he manifested as little feeliog when his death warrant was read to him; but it was not so w ith him on Thursday last. He had ..,..:.. I Un..m f ile. and when I lie new of me rev was made known Jo him.; he was entirely overcome with a sente of grati'nde and o-ave vent to his feeling in ' a flood of tears Norfolk Advertise. t

Prompt Resignation An instance of f'i.m,.i submission u the civil authorities, worthy all praise, occurred on the mornlag ot the fire. Before the pre had corn-

ig or me nre. before the pre had coruj meuced it rat ages in Waier street west of , Old Slip, w hile it was uncertain w hetlier j H ould pass over to Coenties Slip, one of our rneichants, leeiing so secure that he had made no teinovol ot hit goods, was waited tipi.ii by General Smith, who ddressed hi in thus: "Mr. P I am directed . slightest hesitntion, placed it in his hand witfi this reply: "There it is, sir," and in lei-s than fifteen minutes bis stote and pro petty, wortfi prhp fifty ' ou-atid dol lars, were iu igim.-A, Y. Journal of Isommerce. A Drvfal Outrage. Oae of the most disgiaceful acts have ever heard of in a civilized community, n that which occuried in New York, in theeaity par, ut the week when, according to ihe Star, as a funeral, preceded by the corpse on a hentse, was slowly pioceeding up Broadway, between Leouaid and Franklin streets, it was met by one of the four horse omnibuses, the driver of" which, from carelessness or design, (arid which is not matenal) drove his omnibus with o much violence against the hearse, that the wheels of the latter were broken on the side on which the blow was given; the co f liri was thrown wnh so much force in to ihe street, upon the stone pavement, that it was bioken to pieces, and disclosed the body of a female on its way to the gtave. The attendant of the funeral Mini the bystanders, picked up the corpse and the rem tins of the coffin, and they were for some time exposed on Doctor LMtigs'afT's stoop, until the coffin could be patched to pioceed, when it was placed upon a handbarrow and carried to the houe of an acquaintance . Sat. Courier. A .Wether's L'ive. A Boto0 paper well remai k. m relation t an act of heroism lately exhibited by an Itish female at a lire in that City, who sucredrd in lescuing one of her children fioin the flames, and perished in saviag the other "had this poor mother been a lady of fashion, who had thus sacrificed her life to maternal devotion, the public press would have been filled with eulogiums and lamentaed implicitly the prescriptions of the em piric to w hom he had recourse. Meeting Sn John one day, he entered into conver sation with him, and being much annoyed at his stammering, he iaid to him, 'good heavens. S--s sir John why don't you g-e-e-po to the iii-i -rn man, who c-c-C-c-cured me?"' Progress of Rayalty Two distinguish ec!Su:hein gen'teinen, one nn Ex-Go-erio.i of (lie Owl Dominion, the other a member of Congress, called on Christ rnasibiy to pav their respect to the Pre sident. They were met in the anti cham. her by the President's attendants, who informed t hem 1 hat he could not he seen, saying "The P resident frraiift-I the people last tiiht. unit he cunnul gratify them again until Altar Yeas Diy! U S. Telegraph. Mr. Tyler. This di-tinguished Senator has been nominated by the Whig Convention m Maryland, as a candidate for the V'ice Presidency on Gen. Harris on' ticket. It only remains for the Whigs ol Virginia to put birn to nomination on their ticket, to secure his election Running upon the White ticket in the South, and the Ilirrison ticket in the North and West, he will receive more than two thuds of the electoral votes. Ib. Judicial Oaths. The administering of oaths except in two or thiee specified cases, has been abolished in deal Britain by act of Parliament. A solemn declaration has been substituted in the place. The lefortn in this particular was to hate commenced 00 the 1st of October. IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE. By ihe arrival at New York of the packet ship Westminster, Capt. Moore, the Editors f the New-York Journal of Commerce have London paperi to the evening of Nov. 11th, four and a half days later than before received. They announce lhat Mr. Barton, U. S Charge fl'Afffirs at Paris demanded his passports nn the 6th. alleging as the cane, the non fulfillment ot the Indemnity Treatv; that his request was complied with nn I lie III . an 1 that on the 9th he was to leave Pari for Havre, on hi way to the United State. The American Consul would be left behind, so that after all tb medium of commnotcatir)

between the tire countries i not entirely broken off. The feet of Mr. Baron's having demanded hit passports, nai not ! regarded in p.r j, aa h decided indication

' regarded in Paris at a decided indication . o an approaching luplure Jind will oot be to regarded here, it will, however, J prepare the wa y far the President'! spejcial Message, which we tnin will be much less beibgeient than i generally anticipated. Had M r. Barton temained at Paris, we are confident that the Message at the opening of Coagress would hive brought the money ; and it may do so slill. Nothing is wanting but h moderate spirit of concession on both sides. It is incted. d ie in this age of the world, that two enl.ghted nations will go to war for a mere matter !' etiquette or ofetiquette on oue side and money on the other Death or Ai miral Dt Rigny. This distinguished officer of the French Marine, who commanded at the Battle of Navarino, ilied at Paris, November 7th. His complaint was dropsy in the chest. Baltimore Patriot. AMERICA AND FRANCE. London, Nov. 9. The following is the postscript of our Paris letter, dated Saturday, November 7, quarter to four o'clock, P M. "A five o'clock, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Barton, Charge H'Affairs of ihe United States of America, addressed n formal demand to the Due de Broglre. Minister for Foreign Affairs of the King of tha French, far his passports. Mr. Barton stated lhat he made this application ia consequence of the non-performaoee, by the French Government, of the treaty of July, 183!, (thnt for Ihe American indemnity, so well known.) As the sun in all its splendor was peeping over the eastern bills, a newly married man exclaimed, '-The glory of the world ii rising!" His wife, who happened to be getting tip at the moment, taking the compliment to herself, simpered eul, What would you say, my dear, if I bad my new tilk gown no?" A testy old gentleman was incessantly pestered by his neighbors, with eoquiries after his health. At last, losing all patience with Ihe mot assiduous of these enquirers, 'Tell your master," said he to a servant, "with my compliments, that I am pretty well this morning, and shall continue so for twenty roomings to came." History of the halt (far.--We understand that General Armstrong has nea rly completed his History ot the Late War, and, being a friend of Mr. Van Buren, has consented to introduce a chapter in which Gen. Harrison is severely attacked. and the book, we learn, is to be hurried through in time for the election. Ouronly complaint is. that Gen. Hariisn has not t een sufficiently attacked by his opponents, for it can do no barm to his fame and public services if unsuccessful Generals and ex-War Secretaries were occasionally to launch an arrow, or dart a javelin, at him. Baltimore Palriit. The Mammoth Cheeses, which hire excited so much notice heretofore, at Nww Yoik. have been brought to Ibis city, and may now be seen at the new warehone, corner of Buchanan's whaif and Pratt street. The largest one, intended for President Jackson, weighs fourteen hundred pounds. Bait. Patriot. The Great Fire Some idea may be formed of the confusion which ruled the hour, and great loss of property, at ihe great fire at New York, from the fact staled in the Journal of Commerce, ff Friday, that the total amount of goon's secured, at the police office, from the fire and from the thieves, is about $50,000. Bat. Pet. To expel Frost --T 'he next morning after a night'i frost, at day break or enon after, spiinkle every thing liable to injury with water from the watering pot. -The quantity of water required will bear proportion to the intensity of the frost. -- This will generally secure vegetables from injury, even though the froit should appear for several nights successively. Frozen vegetables should before cooking, be immersed in cold water, by which the frost is extracted. Frozen limbs too, if" warmed by the fire, mortify, but im. mersed in cold water, no injury follows, except a slight inflammation, and this not always. Gardent. Ploughing gardens late in the fall, during the winter, or early io the spring, ha a beneficial tendency in destroying worms, and causing ihe eggs of variou inserts, lodged in the ground, to freeze; many farmers believe they have experienced great benefit from this management. To Prevent Skippete in facets.- Take red pepper finely powdered, ooe fable spoonful for every joint of meat, and rub it on the meat with the salt, when it is first cut up. It has bten often tried, and was never known te fail in produciog the above effect. "What will yoo be helped to?" said the landlady at a country tavera. with nothing en tint table tat aaoib eweV smith