Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 February 1836 — Page 1

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From the Baltimore Chronicle. Our hearts are with our native land, Our n is for her glory; Her warrior's wreath is in our hand, Our lips breathe out her story. IIr lofty hills and valleys green Are smiling bright before us ; And, like a rainbow sign is seen Her proud flag w aving o'er us. And there are smiles upon otir Iip3 For those who meet her foemen, For Glory's star knows no eclipse When smiled upon by woman. Tor those who brave the mighty deep, Andcorn the threat of danger, e ve smiles to cheer and tearslo weep For every ocean ranger. Our hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her freedom; Our prayers are for the gallant band Who strikes where honor leads them. We love the taintless air we breathe, 'Tis Freedom's endless dower, We'll twine for him a fadeless wreath Who scorns a tyrant's power. They tell of France's beauties rare, Of Italy's proud daughters; Of Scotland's lase? England's fair, And nymphs of Shannon's water?; We heed not all their boasted charms, Though lords around them hover; Our glory lies in Freedom's arms, A Freeman for a lover! J. IT. II. Specimen of Jw Year Poetry Carriers, Lc. Address of the Delaware State Journal: Among the good things, I must not omit the Whaling-expeditions from our city. Two excellent ehips, you know, Have started on their trips, you know, And at our wharves there is another, Embargoed by the wintry weather. Three Whalers from our port! Ju.t think of that Ye whales! and then prepare to yield jour fat Good sirs, we come now I To look at heme now. j Ton wish to know, it's natural to suppose, What candidate I would propose For President of the United Slates, When royal Andrew abdicates. Imprimis, then I would prefer a Turk To that sly, artful weasel of New York. I've no particular antipathy To Hugh L While, of Tennessee . Another. From the Wheeling (Virg.) Time. "Seek tie battle's crimson plainOpen anew each warrior's ptirpl vein Kiodlo again the languid patriot fire!, Now smothered half inlorr and bfiso desires. Turn, as from darkness to the orient sun, To view the glorious name of Harrison ; He, who will aid us in the sacred cause Of winning honor, liberty and laws; He who has been the western sword and shield, In wisdom's councils and the tented field: He whose brave spirit asks but honor's dower. And never thirsts for gold, or lusts for power. THE FIRST Kit ItO It. Br STACT ti. POTTS. Mary Conway was the dower of her father'q family. She was young, and well do I remeber, she was beautiful. There is no object beneath the sun nothing in this wide world, full as it is of allurements, rich as it is in glorious promises, and golden hopes, and spirit-stirring dreams, that burns into the heart like the fresh viasion of young angelic lovelineis, in the heyday of the passions. There is something o pare and innocent, and holy in the mild luster of her eye ; something so heaven ly in the soft and gentle smile that play9 upoa hercheeks and lips, so much etherial gracefulness in her form, so many attractions round her, that it seems to me a beholding intelligence from the court above would bend a moment to con template and consider, before be flew to the eternal throne to enter the crime cf idolatry against her youthful worshipper, in the moment that he lost the recollection of the Creator in gazing upon her. J look back through the mist of years, hut ! see no object beyond it more distinctly than Mary Conway. She married early in youth, advantageously and happy; in age and fortune her partner was entirely suitable for her; their minds, too, were similar, above the ordinary cast, firmly moulded, full of sensibility, delicacy and spirit. And the tuoring of their matrimonial life wore every presage of long, and delightful, and quiet days of joy. If it seemed bright to .others, it seemed doubly flattering to them; and lost in the plenitude of their happiness, they forgot, if it had ever entered their minds, how much care und caution, what watchfulness and forbearance, what kindness and prudence, were necessary to secure the peace and tranquility they new enjoyed. Love does not burn always with the brightness of its first light; but it often grows more and mora deep, sincere and unchanging as time rolls away. The feelings remain as tender and susceptible, after the shield that protected them from every unkind word or act, has been broken. The business in which they were engaged was a prosperous one; and Henry was a man of business, industrious, attentive, and intelligent. Every oue who

spoke of them prophesied that they would

realize a splendid independence. They were the pride of the village But how email matters sometimes gives an unex pected direction to the fortunes of king doms, of cities, and individuals' It hap pened one afternoon. several months after : .L. m i t . " ""J " " party at which several matrons cf the vil lege were present, and, as is often the case, along end learned dissertation on

the matter of managing husbands, had instinctively lean on the rail, and castjwitLci Andrew Jackson is paramount to been given alternately by one and anoth- the eye intently around, above, aod at thejthe will of the people of the west ? Can er; husbands and prudent wives know atom which sustains you. You are im-j it be doubted that if the minions of power what such amount to, and how much val- pressed with awe and sublimity. j and the slaves of office were unknown in ue they are to young housekeepers. Un- "'Tis night, and nothing but the wild expanse 'hat region, that the west would not vnanfortunately, Je nry returned in the even- I Of ocean, deep ami dismal, now appears I imouslu vote either for Harrison or White ?

ing, fatigued and weary, both in body aod mind with iho lKra nf tk. o- ,1 tookhisseatat the tahl. Hie f: plfo dish was not there. He enquired for it. . w. . . iMivinw in a style that perhaps savored a little of reproach; it was unintentional. Maiy was in the presence of her self-censtitut-ed preceptresses; she was ashamed to appear too submissive before them, and ucsiucs, nei ieiing were wounnen ny ner L I 1 i nusoann s manner, one replied, as she inougnt, spirueuiy, put it was really I 1 f T . it uarsu. nenry cast a siffie stance across iLj.lt. t tltt.. . . me iauie, uusneo oacK his plate, nna risinS, icn me room, u was me nrai error, They were both sensible of it in a moment;but who should make the first con- : i r . i i. ttssion, wnere nom were plainly wrong? L..I . -. . it nenry waiaeu aown me street, enmm . i i. i . agea in unpleasant meditations, aod enj i . i.... . c.u,.mS nimseii m ine gioom, a hright ght from the upper windows of a village inn, attracted his notice; he stepped over; a party of young men were sitting down te supper; they urged him to join the club; the temptation under the circum stances of the case, was all powenul. Sopper over, he delays a little longer tak-J ing his leave; liquor was introduced, and he drank; music crme next, and cards fob lowed. Though he did not join in the last, he looked at the games without abhorrence; the dread he had been brought up in of evil, had been broken. Ileturning late at night, his spirits, heated with wine, and the recollection of his wife's behaviour before him, he found her retired, and passed the night in another room. 1 he mornintr hmnrrhf a rn-sl I meeting the forma! interchange of a few words, and a parting explanation or complaint. The seed of contention was sown it bore the fi nit that might have been

expected. His home was no longer the Laws, must not allow themselves for a mocentre of attraction to Henrv. Ilia tav- meot to be diverted from the great ob.

ern companions were gay, good humored and attractive ; and he left the fireside of his own mansion, which no longer wooed him as zealously and powerfully as the alehouse club, of which he was very soon the centre and life. The second error was committed. Though unseen by their friends, a dark cloud now brooded over the fortunes of ouryoung couple. It gatheied darkness, until perceptible to every eye; and when it burst, carried ruin and desolation with it. Driven to the dangerous company of dissipated, fashionable men, Henry con tracted all their habits;he became a drunkard and a gambler. The domestic circle was deserted, and its obligations forgot ten. Mary met her husband's harshness and faithlessness with reproaches and bitterness; they both began in error and contioued so. These errors occasioned loud and long, and violent collisions; a fearful example was thus set before their children, who grew up disobedient, violent and passionate. And though for many long years the impending bolt of ruin was stayed just above their heads, at last it sped. Henry died a lingering and awful death. His estate was found to be insolvent his children grew up to ruin and Mary, the once beautiful and enchanting Mary Conway, ended her life in poverty and obscurity. Thus fatal in its direct aod natural consequences was an error, a single error, the offspring rather of accident than intention. I leave the moral for others to trace out and apply. NIGHT, ON BOARD A SHIP OF WAR. "Night came, and now eight bells had rung." The cabin lamp has expired. Before me is a solitary candle, my faithful inkstand, and roy,"vade mecum" in the form of a port folio. The wind is fresh from the South ; the ship moves along at an easy rate though every now and then the bows encounter a wave, that seems to jar her whole irame. it is pleasant saumg, with the straits of Gibraltar four hundred milesdistant. But hark!"eight bells. Tis midnight. This tells you "the watch" must be changed the man at the wheel relieved the ship pumped, and the log hove to determine the rate of the vessel's motion. The second officer has yawned; and from the sound, is turning over; and now Jack's sharp voice, peculiarly modified by the wind, strikes my ear as he cries to the slumbering inhabitants of the forecastle, "Stair bard watch, ah-o-e-y eight bells turn out sleepers, do ye hear there?" It seems that they are awake and moving. The second mate has gone on deck rubbing his eyes; and already I hear Dick giving up the wheel to Temb, who responds to him in a harsh tone "east-by-south half south nothing off;" the sailor with the glask has called out ' Up,' and

, the pumps are going with their peculiar

intonation three lorrar strokes and hd inter ral. - The deck has become quiet again, except - the creakincr and clank intt of the r hit in - over my head, aod the measure tread of the officer of the watch. Come. sun. . . p vu uiomcm; pernaps you never have been there at this hour It is novel and pleasant. I asstue von

You seek the windward side of the shin'diana. Illinois, and Mi.Lir,,,; tlt'i!,

n sid,;s round; the firmament bangs full Of " that with a flood of glory tlare on the mght, and mrke noctuiaal day : a sniirartt VPCiD I EWAAni n nnn The graceful rolling wave.'' Enjoy this awhile, aod then call thought to the little world that floats yon. "The wind is on the beam.' and the yards are well braced. The officer wrapt in a monkey-jacket and stnmouuted bv a r uor wester," naa ceasea to wane me .It . I aecK, and is at your side. lov? and then

you see bis heallhv American bnehten.iment one of ht-r on tried and ivitiinisr

"I.,. " .. . . ine dense and fragrant iumei ol which as I . . oiien follow id columns from his mouth I i -.-. . .. .

ana nostrils, tver and anon nis eye is kit the country only a meieshow, a form turned "aloft" to the fails and polar starjof constitutional liberty. We say then to end you are startled occasionally by h.slihe west, and nai tirularlv to OHIO, rdant

I .. .... . . . " . . suaaenand hold exclamation to the helmsi . . . man, ' near," or "port," to which resounds i.. . . ine gruli voice ot Tom, "near, sir,'7 or "port, sir, " with an increased creaKing at Hhe wheel. Now let us eo forward. 'The watch7 is awake, except Jack, whose 'corporoBity71 is at full length behind the t "i . a vis. are seated Jim aod Bill leaning OD "the fiferail,'1 with their lees gathereu under them. They are "spinning loDg I yarns" about Kate eid Sue, and all that sort of thin? Thns we rind the night-watch employed the officer with an eagle eye surveying the sails and clouds, and seeing that the ship is kept "her course" the helmsmam steadfastly observing the compass and exercising the wheel; and the others "on the look out" whiling away their vigils by the narration of auto-biographies a nri thrvarlharo f u I . ' ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. The people ofjiha United States lriend-1 'J lo l"e Union, the Constitution, and the

jectio view of electing a President in op.jto the Weft Indie as an inducement and

position to the one appointed by the pres. ent incumbent, in consequence of the in trigue relative to a French war. It is intended by our corrupt rulers to keep the Presidential election entirely out of sight by absorbing public attention in preparations for war by attempting to unite the people in support of what they call na tional honor, and thus draw in so great a portion of their opponents as to neutral

ize the efforts for reform, aid allow the;supposed it p.issihie that the two couutries

nominee of Gen. Jackson to slip in by de. j could be gut into a war. He could ! Jnarkpd to him that be was in great danfault; and when that great intrigue shall; I f'!i at the small magnitude of the sur ; ?er 0f spontaripons combustion, and that have been effected, to undeceive the peo ; frr which the war wa. to be made, the ex-; ,he (jall;el. W1)U!,1 be greatly diminished pie as to war, and settle the difficulties j treme fri vilousoesa of the points of dispute, I by copjtu9 bleeding, as his blood was much which they now pretend to say assumes ojad think that war ought or should Le the enCHtnbered with alcohol, and that when, fearful aspect. j result. But things were assuming adit- extraced it would burn! it was to keep op the agitation and ex-j isiet aspect. He would not say that The old toper, being perhaps somewhat citement on the subject that the President! war was iniendtd; but he would say t1 sceptical, and wishing to confute fhe declined making etplaoations to which he j the conduct of the Executive had been LOUDff physician, immediately prepared, was invited by the Doke de Broglie. He! just such as it would uaturally have ben j lUnen ior .e experiment. The student has no idea that Cengress will declarejiu war had it been intended. He bd jeager to improve the favorable opportnwar he knows the French Government! ptmued the very course most likely t Ljtyt prom,y ,,yed the biuret, and hav-

will nothe is folly aware that the parationson both sides are merely precau-

tionary, and that the whole question will , statement ot the various step taken by be amicably adjusted; but if he can induce iibe Administration to show how all .those the people "to forget the Presidential eke j steps would necessarily end in preventing lion, and think only of war, he will have j the attainment f their professed objects, deluded them into a compliance with hisjd how they enviably tended to widen loyal determination to appoint his succe3-i the breach. He referred to the foolish sor. It may be asked, will the people a!-j d impiudent publication of Mr. lines' low themselves to be thus cheated out ofj boasting letters a pnbhcutieti that could their rights! The Sooth, we know willjonly produce discontent and diatisfacnot. There is activity, organization,) tiou with the treaty in France. He then and firmness in thai section. Van Buren j instanced the drawing ot the bill of exfears it; but there is a strong effort making! change at the very time when there to cheat and delude the West, aod to that was a moral certainty that the money

ouarter all eves are now directed. The! Vtr ha had lh Pr.iwlonrr one the ' North and East, Twice and Gen. Jackson has shown his ingratitude to the Went that sustained him by joining the intrigoe to remove it so far North tbat bv the 6trong organization of a Northern Con ; federacy it cannot again be located in that j thriviner section fall of vigor and enterprize, and free from aristocracy, from j overgrown wealth, or enervating luxury TVTr ci.u tinsiaswwi ika ;ntravnp lipitpr x. v uiiu ui .Mi'vj - - - - than Tennessee, President Jackson's own State, in which he was followed and idolized. Tennessee, with great unanimity, refused to be transferred to Mr. Van Buren. What was and u, expected from the sister States of the West but to follow the proud example of Tennessee, if not in support of that honest and upright man, Hugh L. While, at lea3t theo lo another of her gallant and patriotic soos, William Henry Harrison. Why should the West sur. render, and probably fortvtr the possession, of the Presidency ? The old states have had their share of honors aod office they are strong in their representation in Congress powerful and rich in their internal resources. If there is any benefit in haviog the executive branch of the government, why thoutd ,

not the young and eoterpri'ti)? wet the

i nits nuu so nine and requires so much the west with its millions of un cultivated Innds-the west always foremost in defence of the country why, we sav, should the west allow the ollite to te cut loose from them and frien as a Loon, a? . I I. I I 1 1.1 t , . rewani lor sycophancy ai.d adulation, hr thp Uhnw to Ohio. Konm.-b TVr.,co i Let the western stales arouse and speak in a single, powerful united voice on this subject. There is no war there will be no war it is all a tiick to mislead Lut tveo should war be brought upon us by the designs of our i uleis, it will be a mar atime war a mere war of reprisals a war in winch the west will not be called upen to take part. But if ever the west it, (hat pait should should lake nart h I be to j.lace at the head of the Govern I I sons a ru! not rnnimn.nUt.fnirnrinn .1 I" I tiomsts end intrionpa in rmupr. w ho have ... o ' ' I - - - - j your standard for thw ith, as?ert vour rights, i ' - keen un vour infli:enre. and do not be so d j ' . . and '.ranferred to Van Huien by the oflice holders the followers, retainers and ex nectants ot the present men in power. A'. I'. Star. We published the message alluded lo 10 l followmg remarks, two weeks ago, anu whatever the pride and vanity ol our old President may prompt, (or the in. triyiiing magician dictate to give his followers the spoil") we still rely upon the wisdom of the Senate, to save the lienor cod peace of the Union. Till: .Mf'KSACE. There was a short Lut very interesting debate yesterday iu the Senate, on the Message of the President. Mr. Buchanan rose and made a few remark's in which he expressed his confidence in the President, and commended the Message. He characterized it as of an amicable? nature, more so than he had antici pated, lie approved ol the recommenUdtions contained in it to prepare tor war, j and referred to the French fleet orderpd jurtihcation tor putting the country into Ua'ltke atlllUtie.

Mr. Calhoun replied to Mr. Buchanan . jsatura(ed wjth rum for two weeks previHefchould not, he said, have said any thing !on,f hav ing consumed two gallons during on the reference to the Committee, had . fhe jagt (-,ve (Javf came Pta;gering into it not Leen tor the remarks of Mr. Buch-i the gfu(Jy 0f(he medical student, with eyeg anan. He could not by any means agree jmed and breathing stench resembling with the Senator from Pennsy Ivam j more the odor of a rum hogshead, than the character of the Message. When be ith(. brf.Hth oi' a human being; The stuarnved in this city, he said he had not dent thousht him a fit subject for this de-

pre-jembmrasi the subject and bring on ar.ifl, (jratvn a pit bowl of blood, applied Mr. Calhoun then entered into a succinct ; a fjhted tapr to its surface, when lo! it

could not be paid, there heiog no appro priation bv the Chambers. The next step said Mr. Calhoun, was the Unfortunate Message of 1834, calling on Congress for an act of reprisals and containing expressions liable to be misunderstood, and s-upposed by France to be monancingand insulting to her and her King and Ministry. In a just Bnd honorable cause, says Mr. Calhoun, where the honor ai.d interest ol the country require it, 1 will be as prompt us anv man in coiner to war; but neither j i.1 the honor nor the interests of the country require the war, and if we go into it, it will be wantonly, aod uselessly. From the befrinnina- of the controversy the executive haanursued the only course that could lead to war. It is a war to be wag ed on these grounds whether that which has been given as au explanation shall be called an explanation. If we go to war, continued Mr. Calhoun, where is it to end! Is it to continue until the French pay the five millions? The first cannon shot is a receipt in lull. How long then is it to go on? Ilow are we to get out of il without disgrace? We are more exposed to the attacks of France; and she has greater means of annoyance. A war w ith England would be far less disjetrvus.

Mr. Calhoun deprecated war on other consideration". ,Ve go into it with a Constitution shattered and sapped; we may come nut of it with one totally subverted. We shall publish the speech of Mr. Calhoun, i.i txtenso, in a few days. H bad like to have foiot to mention

that Mr. Cothbert, in bis umj.iI chrurior.hotonthologos style made a few remarks. He clenched his fif, winner bis hands, looked up to heaven, gave a Iionton shiver, spoke a few words, and took his seat. V. S. Tel. THE .MESSAGE. The long looked for Mesage was sent in yesterday. The President recommends non-interennrse. lie withdraws his formei reemmendations of an act for reprisal, and assigns, as a reason for so doing, that the French Canmbers have passed the Bill of Indemnification. According to this view of the case, there is less reason to apprenend any serious difficulty with France than there was at the time of transmittihg thp Mes-ag of December, 1031. He then thought that the situation of afiairs demanded an act of reprisals to he left at his discretion. But now, if w are to judge from the Mesage, nothing, sowarlike is necessar). But if thi bo the case, hew happens that while all the talks peaceful, all the actions are warlike '! While at the la?f session the President ap prehended so serio-is a state of things as might render necessary a resource to reprisals, the President made no call for any unusual appropriations for arming the country: but now, when thing are, as ti arc told ly wlr. Buchanan of the Senate, hearing o more peaceful apecf. the whole treasury of the country is to ha poured into the Executive lap, and the military and naval arms put on a complete war footing. The inconsistency of this course is apparent, and can only be accounted for by supposing that the real ob ject is to provoke war. 75. a pfcskaiid's ELOOO WILL nt'tiN1.! A medical student in the village of South Berwick, Maine, having read in some of the medical authors, that on the dissection of the cerebrine of a deceased drunkard , a fluid was discovered , in odor, transparency and every other respect re semb ling alcohol was lead to the conclusion that if, during protracted intoxication, alcohol was deposited in the brain. the blood also mu?t be saturated with it. ,jej therefore, became extremely aniious .ne, hefber or net ac0,0 rould be defected in the blood of aiajninkard Accordingly, in August last, Q rnnCwmoA fnrtp MlintP ivilpin had hrpn , ire,j experiment, and accordingly reburned with a blue flame for about thirty seconds! The old toper sat mute, confounded anil breathless! For the above facts we are indebted to Zion's A lvocate. Several gentlemen were pieeeot to witness the brilliant experiment, the truth of which they attest by a subjoined certificate. This experiment poes to confirm the possibility of spontaneous combustion. If the blood will burn, why may not the breath and all the fluid and solids of the system? It establishes the doctrine that intemperance is a llow, but unquenchable jure !hat burns up the body and damns the soul. Cum. Presbyterian. VIRGINIA . The Van Buren men of Virginia, have, lipid a convention and turned nff 11. M. .lohnaon. and nominated TV 1 1 1 1 A x SilTH of Alabama, for Vice President. Gov.Tvler, in a letter to the Maryland Whig Convention, has in motiect and handsome terms, accepted of his nomination by that body, for the office of Vice President of the United States. The towns of Danby and Groton, in Tompkins county, N. Y. have takeu measures for an efficient organization m favor of Harrison and Granger. A distinguished German entomologist has calculated that a single square inch of the wing of a peacock or butterfly, as seen through a powerful microscope, containi no less than 100,735 scales. Paris Advertiser. The Emperor of Austria, during the lalerevieus at Topl'nz anil Kalisch, had in hi" own piivatc establiehtnent 450 carriage horses, 300 saddle horses, and 150 carriages.