Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 January 1836 — Page 2

VINCENNES. SATl'KDA V J A 2:i7 I ya 12. J 3 'J JXai Jlia FOR PRESIDENT IN 1G3G. GEN. WBT. II. HARRISON, 0 OAio. HARRISON ELECTORS FOR INDIANA Gen. Jour G. Clendenin, of Orange county. Dr. Hiram Dfckfr, of Knox. Gen. Milton Statf, of Jefferson. JIr. Enoch M'Carty, of Franklin.

Mr. Achilles Williams, of Wayne. Mr. Albert S. White, of Tippecanoe, Gen. MaustonG. Clark, of Washington. Mr. Abraham P. Andrews, of Laporte . Mr. A. W. Morris, of Marion.

Caldwell, Chamben, Clark, Colerick,

Conwell, Elliott, Hackett, Hamilton, Ilillis, Morgan, Plummer, Paett, Shaw, Siger, Tannehill and Whit. 19. NAYS Messrs. Aker, P.OON, Casey, Collett, Daily, Durnont, Fowler, Griffith. Mastin, Payne, Stewart and Thompson. 12. JVabash Courier.

ARRIVAL E XT R A O I D I N A R V . Arrived at this place on Monday morning last after a rough passage, the Louis

ville Journal, 20 days from Louisville, Kentucky. Haliicnore Patriot, 31 days from Balitmore. New York Evening Star, 34 days from New York.

National Intelligencer, 34 days from Washington City. IJ. S. Telegraph,r27 days from Wash inglon City. The Washington papers give the lucid report of the Post Master General, on other ntjcs of moment.

Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot

WASHINGTON, January 1, 1330, This is the first day of a uew year. Eighteen hundred and thirty'SIX has set in upon us here at the Capitol of the

Nation with all the glory of a bright arm sun, a clear sky, and a strengthening, invigorating breeze. At 12 o'clock, the doors of the President1 Mansion were thrown open, agreeably to custom, and the world of fashiongj of ton, of office,

of legislation, of law, of physic of divin ity, of learning, of business, of gossip, and so forth and eo forth, went te the

President1, to see end be seen. In the anti-room were stationed the New-Yoik Mammoth Cheese, Jemmy O'Neil, the Door keeper, and a band of music. The

jam in the rooms was immense, foreign

Ministers of every grade were there, in the cohtume of their respective nations

officers of our own Navy and Army, in full uniform heads of Departments and the subordinate otlicers under them members of Congress gentlemen of distinction, and others of no distinction Belles fashionable, unfashionable, and odd, pret ty and plain, homely and handeomw, vain and modest, tall and short, fat and lean "all these were there," promiua-

The Editor having a very sore hand, must 6crve as an excuse for the lack of ed itorial matter this week.

i.NDIANOFOLlS, Jan. 1 C, 1C3G G, V. M THE CANAL BILL PASSED THE SENATE this day at half past 1 o'clock! and Indianapolis is now a scene of rejoicing. The bill , as sent from the House of ti . . : i - i. .

Aiepreseniau vet, nas ueen preserved in all its important features, without a single innovation lo mar its proportions. At an early hour the lobbies of the Sen Ete were filled with spectators, and never, within my recollection, have I witnessed so much anxiety manifested as on Ihe present occasion. The fiiends of the bill were at their posts the gallant and determined band, who through every vicissitude, were determined to have thr till the ndioh lill-and nothing but the

Lill. Mr. Morgan moved a call of the Senate; and one member being absent, the Sergcaat-atArm wa3 sent to bring liim within the bar. All the Senators (31 in number)were present, and Mr. Boon

moved to amend the bill by inserting one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, ininstead of fifty thousand, to improve the navigation of the Wabash River. Re ifcted. Mr. Payne moved to recommit

ding the rooms, seeing more than they

were seen, and hearing more than the; ivere heard. Fortune favored me with a permission to gallant no less than three ladies at once to the grand Levee

Only imagine for a moment a lucky wight,

standing a trill short of six k-et seven, in his stocking feet on such an important occasion with as mnch self-esteem certainly, as is productive of good, strutting up to the venerable com plaisant, bowing.

polite President of the United States, and introducing to him an enchanting widow on the right arm, and a modest, retiring Itllt on the left; nearest the heart ---and then, in regular form the gay and dashing mother of both; J say, fancy such a lucky wight in such a station, so surrounded, and so occupied, and you will hit my case Vacrv, as the rum soaker ex

claimed when the deacon, in favor of

"moderate drinking" made known his views in a Temperance meeting. The President looked never in better Spirits. Mr Van Pvren and Mr. Webser s'ood by the side of him, both looking le markable cheerful and well pleased. --

They were chatting together, when 1 paid my salutary and passing bow to them, like brethren of the same political faith--for at such times you know, the lion and the

lamb lie down together K enoall was nearby, laughing and chatting in spite of himself. Kendall has a keen eye; but the rest of his face is not eoprepos sessing. Almost every body in Washington,

jmale and female, seemed to be present

The Heads of all the Departments, excepting that of the Post Office, gave permission to their Clerks to keep Aew Year's Dav and to eo to the Levee. Mr. Ken-

the bill, with instructions to amend it in dall however was an exception. He several essential particulars, but the Sen-J gave no such notice to his Clerks, and so ote refused, by a vote of Aye9 12 Jmostof them continued their labors du Noes 13. Mr. Poo moved to lav the ring the day.

bill on the table. Rejected. Ayes 12 Noes IS. Mr G riflith offered an amend-

The Levee closed at two o'clock, much

to the annoyance of hundreds, and hun

mem, proposing an appropriation lor the dreds who continued to go mere lor a Jeffersonville and Columbus Railroad 'long lime thereafter. There was "no Rejected Ayes 14 Noes 17. Va rious' admittance1' however, after two o'clock; amendments were also offered by Messrs j and what is worse there are to be no more Payne, Thompson, Martin, Aker?, Puett, j Levees this season . The President will Griffith, &.r. all of which were rejected by 'give private parties to invited guests; but n test vote in almost every instance. i the ''sovereign people" who used to have Motion alter motion was made to adjourn the privilege now and then during the sesnow, cne member made two motions tosions of Congress, of calling at the White adjourn without the intervention of any j House , without waiting for an invitation, other business. Fut the thing wouldn't are new to be shut out secundum artem do for the determined phalanx of 1 8 ; It is said this new rule has been introduced presented an undivided front to every in-; agreeable to the recommendation of Mr. novation. The majority were patient, Van Buren. I scarcely believe it howand allowod the opponents of the meas-Jever. It is like the man, but unlike his

ure to offer every amedument, and then' present policy.

the question was put by the President,

"shall the bill be engrossed ' And the yeas and nays being: demanded, the vote ttood Ayes 1C Noes 13. Mr. Boon then rose, and offered some remarks in justification of the vote he was about to give. He believed the bill was not such a one as his constituents would appove: nnd he had told them so, he said on the

(stump, when a candidate for election

POTOMAC.

From the Baltimore Patriot. Sir: I have read with intense interest, and partly with approbation, an article in the National Intelligencer, under the signature of Massachusetts, which bears the impress of a masterspirit, and will attract the attention of the country. 1 sav nartlv with approbation for I must

His opponent, he said, favored the princi-;cheerfuiiv concur jn aii that is said by

tdes of this bill, and his opponent wasj ..Massachusetts ," of the almost matchless

defeated! This was almost word for

word, the excuse of Mr Boon, and, if the People of Vigo, and of Clay, and of Sullivan, were fairly represented, then I nro mistaken. Perhaps the six hundred and odd freemen of Vigo, who voted for Mr. Boon, without reference to party, may have given him such an expression

of their wishes, but, if they did, it was

nearly two year? ago, and betore thi

Ml! had anv existanre! On the 11th,

(but two days ago) Mr. Boon expressed himself "decidedly fa vorable to the general features of the bill" now he deprecates its pnsage, and resists it at every inch of its progress! The welfare end glory of the State would not weigh feather, if measures for the accom-

taients, vast acquirements nnd lofty pat

riotism of the great expounder of the Constitutionnor would 1 have dissented, had it been declared that there are but few names on the roll of fame of any country, or of any age, amongst the living or the dead, that would compare with Daniel Webster in intellectual power. Jt

is right then to admire his great powers

to love his spotless purity or character and to honor that straight fowrard patriotism which, without stopping to enquire what is popular, marches right onward and fearlessly performs what is right. It is not wonderful that 'Massachuseets' should desire the elevation of a son so distinguished on the contrary, it is fit

and proper that she should desire it:

plishment of those objects run counter t a9 it ;8 t aoc proper that Kentucky

to the preconceived notions oi our experi- -hnnld desire the elevation ot her lavor-

enced Senator! Fortunately for the Sen

sorial District, the bill passed without

Mr. Boon's aid, and the constituents of

that gentleman may thank their stars that it is so. On the final passage the Tote stood as follows : AYES Messrs. Beard, Bell, Brady,

ife eon the champion of universal liber-

erty the prince of peace-makeri the statesman of expanded views and pure intentions the successful legislator and the first of living orators It is also fitting that Ihe "children of the sun" should de sire the elevation of the great southern

Senator whose splendid talents all admire whose ardent patriotism none can doubt whose unsullied private character 1 1 must love and who but for one single error, (as we deem it in Pennsylvania) would have been regarded as one of tin-

greatest sta'emen of modern times and undoubtedly as one of the most popular men in the country. Yet such is the slat of public feeling uch the prejudice of the public mind, however unjust, that neither of these illus trious men could bp elected by the peopie to the first honor of the country. I do not defend this state of feelinj? I de

plore it but then i contend, that in regulating the affairs of man, you must take him as he is, and not as he ought to be. The force of prejudice is strongly illustrated in the treatment that HrVp.v

Clay has uniformly received from Penn

sylvania. Was she attached to Demo-

n 1 . D.ll! . It r.

tr.mu nrpuniican principles: oo iras

he. Was she in faror of ihe late war?

So nas he --not only in favor of it ln its fearless and Hoquent defender. Was she in favor of the Tariff? .So -u-as hc!Not only in farorof it, but its early, persevering-, most powerful and successful advocate and yet this great State, that has accorded with him in sentiment, and has been greatly blrssed by bis labors, refused to sustain him and cheer him in his course. If then she wouid not sustain Henry Clay, whose principles were he r principles whose measures were her-

measores i , i probable that she nonld

support Mr. Webster, who was opposed

to her democracy opposed to the war-

inn in the first instance, opposed to the Farifl? No it is not probable, and the man who mingles with the people of Penn ) Ivania, and supposed that at present hei vote could be given to Mr. Webster, mu-t be too I lind to read, and too deaf to hear the expression of public sentiment. 'I he time may come, and I trut will come, when the giant of the North may be elected President and nothing would rejoice me more, except to see him Chief

Justice of the Umi i u States, a place 'hat of all men living he is, in my judgment, most competent to fill in such a

manner as to exalt "his own fame and com

mand the public confidence. This is a

situation to which a second rate man

ought not to aspire, and if such a one should be nominated it will be the dutv of an enlightened Senate to reject him. But I wish to impress the fact on the

attention of "Massachusetts" that it is no

new state of things in the country, for men of the first order of talent to be somewhat unpopular with the mass of the people. I presume it will be conceded that there never has appeared in the country, a man superior to Alexander

Hamilton, in intellectual power and yet at no time could that great warriorgreat statesman and pure patriot have obtained the vote of the people to make him president. Take a more recent instance in the case of the late John Marshall, who was deservedly the most popular man in the na

tion, with the more intelligent men of all parties yet at no time during his long and illustrious career of public service could he have been f leeted to the first station. But with the single exception of Washington what President of the United States will go down to posterity wiih as great eclat as the late Chief Justice. By these remarks I desire to convince "Massachusetts" that it was from no want

of respect and attachment to Mr. Web

ster by the intelligent Whigs, that he was not nominated by Pennsylvania, and that if he had been nominated he must have been defeated. The course of Pennsylvania in relation to the nomination of Willian Hf.nrt Harrison, has been patriotic, judicious, and disinterested she waved all claim in behalf of her own sons for either the first or second honor and sacrificed all selfish views for the public good It was in her view a matter of the first importance to defeat the nomination of the Executive, and to break into fragments the chains by which the few would bind the many to follow caucus dictation. To do this it was essential to fix on a candidate on whom Pennsylvania nnd Ohio'

would rally, and thus prevent the election

from going by default in favor of Van Buren as it would have done had not General Harrison received the nominanation. I do not mean to say. that Mr, Van Bu

ren has a strong hold on the affections of

the people far from it but in the absence of a popular candidate to the par ty machinery of the oftice school tartv would prevail. But this matter is now put to rest, by the nomination of a candididate who will undoubtedly obtain the support of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware and his prospects are flattering in four other States, if even all the present candidates should continue in the field. But whilst I admire the ability displayed by the powerful writer who assumes

the name of "Massachusetts ' 1 must dp

permitted to say that I see no evidence of

either magnanimity or liberality in the manner he has spoken of General Harrison and his supporters. General Harn'son did not thrust himself

forward as a candidate. He was brought forward by the people themselves and he early authorised the declaration to be made public that he would not be the in

strument of dividing the party opposed to the Caucus nomioation--and that in the event of this election he would serve but one term and having made the pledge it will not require an alteration in the Con. stilution to enable him to redeem it.

Nor is it candid or correct to state that he is supported on the ground that he won

the battle of Tippecanoe. Forget if yon can, that he won that battle forget his masterly defence of Fort Meigs, when the brave but rash Keutuckiar.s, "prodigal of life, poured out then blood like water, torget ihe assistance rendered the im mor tal Perry, to pain the brilliant and

decisive victory of the Lake, forget the signal victory of the Thames, where he triumphed over Proctor and Tecumseh, and there amalgamated hosts ol Indians and slaves. Jf it be possible, blot out the record of all these triumphs, "expunge" from the general orders and despatches of Generals St. Clair and Wayne, that passage in which honorable mention is made of his heroic exploits, expunge from the Journal of Congress and of the Legislature of Kentucky, the thanks of these respective bodies, tear

Imm his brow the ever-bloomirg laurel that adorn it, and then see if iheie be not left a civic wreath that claims tbrespect of his countrymen. When qoi'e a youth, he acted as Secretary to the great North-Western 'IV n i lory then a delegate from the same Ter ritory to Congress, where he contributed to mature that admirable system of dispo. sing of Ihe public land, by which the

pr or man caa secure a small tract and become independent--then when the Ter i itory was divided, he was appointed Govprior cf that part named Indiana, where he continued to act under Jefferson nnd Madison for twelve years, and until he was called, by the unanimous voice of r

country, to defend the North-Wester n frontier, after the disastrous and dis graceful sunender of Hull. When his military career was ended, and after he had been every where hailed by his countrymen and gieeted as a successful General, he retired to his faun at North Bend, to cultivate in peace that

soil he had defended in war

The New York Journal of C'nmrrfm-, on the contrary, thii ks it prehnhie ) :,t Ihe ie;ei(t of the Pi esidf nl- ;J ssage m Fiance wiillead to an amicable adjustment. We think differently . The i Mrs -itre will but infi mie France the moie.--Var seems inevitable. Prom the Rochester RefttLUcan. AN INCIDENT, la an obscure village, in the State of Vermont, there lived an rged man, fiiti d!Ps and without connections, or he was one of the eaily settleis of the rruntiy, and came here alone. During the it ... lution he took up aims with the nltlt, and gave his property for the btntlit cf the revolutionary army. He f mimed (he privations which t haractei i.ed lb.

struggle for liberty, he 'gnnlized himself msrveial battles . an ! alur the. ffiori i I

ihe country for freedom were rroirei tviih success, be retired to private li e. lie brran e very poor, and w as compell to earn lusdailv t read by working on.? .lav here, and the next there. Ilia i i(c :i ied, cb ill i en he h nl ni.e. In tins state, tlone in the woibl, div e-ied of proper t ,

and iiifiim, a creditor seized the leiv

iged

bad and committed

little flVcta he

body ( pi!s n: S me of hi arnuaiur-

anct htti'cd him cut to the " liberty of lh? vard." He remained wiihin "the limits"' twenty seven years; I u bo 1 1 tig at su h oik ;is he coul.l per hum, (lardi ning in ,n ummei , arid th ing chores in ihe wir.'-r were Lis u-u:il o. :i;.ati n?. Finally, be

i 1 " 'made a bargain ifh the viliage taverrt 'keeper, and bound himself cut during lit' jlor ' lib board and clothes. He u-ed t jtike care of horees, make Cues, fee. At t In- j e i iod ot his Iff, there as a con j ic -uons cbar.Kler travelling ihioigh tb jccui.tiy , ro t i ing the cor gratulat u rs and 'attention of all classes of our cit izcns .--Ahe hastened through our villages, hi

and the reoi

Lut he wa

shortly after wards elected bv bis fellou i fil rne " I '' him

citizens i Ol.in in iho JT..C, r,t n..... tnrr,ed nut en mane

smtatives of the United States, and then by the legislature of the same State, to the Senate of Ihe United States. From this situation, he was sent by President Adams, Minister to Colombia w hence he was recalled on mere party grounds without any charge being made against him. VA'hf, ir. I 1 t . I ' 1

...mi ii v-uiuiuuij, ne penneu nis much i

i" i

l o bid him a hear i v

weieoj.e. He arrived at the villa-. h w heit the 'old soldier" lived, and ?' pjtd overnight in the same l.ou-e. Tht? man knew him, and often tried to get access in his appar tun rds, but without su - i'.-s. 'J he ant. cri.cy of the place, r u I -tied shirts, the silk gowns, !hs little ma--

'eis, and pretty mi'.-es must lust

admired letter to Boliver, which ought now to be re published by every litt

press in ihe country

i'lic s'langfr.

gn t

However, the old man

.made intnesl with one of his village n jpiaii.tini e9 to r (jut st an interview wnli

Throughout his long course of civil

service, commencing in 170G, and ending in 1C29 General Harrison discharged the various duties devolved on him to the entire satisfaction of the country at all times evincing the utmost respect for the Constitution- and the "sui'uemacv of

ihe strarn;er--"Ti-ll

Captain Jl. of the

h

iirn," said tie , "lh.it

Ileimcnt of ( .

tan try w ishes to see him at his lei-oie.'" The Stranger was electrified. "What," srtid he, "is he alive? Where is ht-?"t she same time, leaving the milled thnt

company, he went into the bar room i

the Laws," and showing a strong aver-I " ne t)I" soldier.1 He found sion to the exercise of arbitrary' power ! i I'ible, said the; stranger , Neither in his civil nor military charac f ',,at 0,1 ,,le "I've?" They embraced

v ,i umt i , nrni were so alltcted th.M neither could gire uiterence to one syllable. J he spectators wondered, gazed and were confounded. The best feeling of human nature gained the mastery .' the whole assembly. M last, said tho stranger to the old soldier, "come with

roe. 1 hey retired to n room alone, and conversed about by gone times about ihe battles they had faugh1 together, an i the hardships thry had escmmtei e; . Kach gave a particular narration of hi-; life since their separation, nnd that of thr; old soldier, was heart-rending to ihe illustrious stranger, lie l.dd him of his property, his troubles, and his incarceration in priion; his preenl means of uh-

sis'ence. 'flow much do ou now owe.'

said the stranger. "I have been on thlimi'S TWF.NTY SLVF.N VF.AItf fop. ninktfkn pollai'.s The roit and interest may now amount to one hundred. "There arj two one hundred dollar lulls," said tinstrange r , " pay what thou nwrst I shall leave a deposite in the batik, where; you can draw for two hundred dollar a

ter has he ever been charged with the violation of law. He has never found it necessary todeclare martial law nor to enter into private frays or personal combat. His contests have been with the public enemies of his country and with

his own passions, over both he obtained

the mastery. Now is it just, is it generous, is it honorable, for "Massachusetts" or any one of her sons to represent such a man as a mere soldier, whose only meiit is in the victory of Tippecanoe? If a man peril his life in defence of the country, i he there by d isqualified for civil service? What then shall we say of Washington, Hamilton and Marshall? Were they

less useful in peace for having defended the country in war. There is a delusion on this subject: the objection made to General Jackson was not that he had won battles but it was alledged that he had no fitness for civil affairs that he was a soldier, and nothing but a soldier wi h nit evincing fhe least disposition to respect the Constitution and the Laws. In conclusion, I will express the most entire confidence that Massachusetts will pursue that patriotic and liberal course that will appear best calculated to preserve the principles of sevf.nty-six, and overthrow the enemies of the Constitution but whether that course will lequite her favorite son to continue in the field

ear as long a you live." Ly this time, the people without were impatient, And could not divine the cause of the privacy between our two heroes. They went on', took some refreshment, the stranger re fumed to his company , and the old soldier went to the lawyers nnd paid his debt. He thru went into the tailor's and pro-

or to w ithdraw, I am not at this moment I cored n o( clothes. The next day

prepared to say; but that great statesman looking to the country, the whole country, and nothing but the couutry , will so act as to promote the cause ef the Constitution, union and liberty. SIMON SNVDEPv. Wyoming, December 30, 1835.

FGS7&CRIP1. IMPORTANT FKOJI FRANCE. ARRlViL OF MR. BARTON. The packet ship Albany arrived at New Yrkon Wednesday night last, hav. ing on board Mr. Barton, our Charge d'Affairs in Paris. The dates by this conveyance are of

me isi uecemner irom aris, irom Havre, and 30lh of Nov. from London. One of the French papers actually speak of the depai ture of admiral Macktu, with a squadron, and relies upon that to secure an apoligy from our Government . We thought France knew our character bet

ter. The appearance of this fleet off our

coast, on such a mi.sion, will unite all

hearts in our country against the invad er. The New York Courier and Enquirer says: "The character of f tie news, so tar as it relates to French affaiis, will we think, be considered conclusive as regards the payment of the stipulated indemnity. All questions es to the intention of France on that subject , must now be removed; and the most skeptical can no longer doubt that she has determined not to d us justice without a degrading apology from our executive.

the old soldier and the stranger departed

together, leaving the per pie to conjecture; the. cause of (lie metamorphosis ol the onj and the strnngo conduct of the other. The old soldier however, returned to hi village in a few weeks, and the people who btfore would scarcely speak to him unless it was for the purpose of telinghim to get out of their w ay, were all glad lo see him. He, nevertheless, puisued the "even tenor of hi? way ." That stranger was GEN. LAFAYETTE. Irish Wit.; An honest Hibernian stopping at a country inn, in the inferior of M as.ichue( l , eated himself snugly and quietly by the

lire. 'What's the news in this quarter, landlord ? said he. 'Nothing,' replied the landlord , 'only the dvil is dead Pat said nothing, but in a short time, when about leaving the house, lie walker) deliberately across the room and deprmtthree cents on Ihe bar. The landlord bdlon ed ami and inquired w hat he want'd for the money, when the following col loquy emued :-- Pat Ah sure nothing at nil , at all, yer honor. Landlord Why did you lay the money in the bar ? Pat Arrah, yer honor, and sure in me

own counthry, when a poor lad looses hi father it is customary to give him a few-

coppers to provide for the wake aud funeral.