Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 February 1836 — Page 2

VINCBNNES. HKTV JKlsAV FKll. 20. IS3C. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1836. GEN. WM. H. HARRISON, Of Ohio.

Congressional We should take Mamf i pon ourselve. if the mail were not at fault, for our failing to notice the proceedings in Congress. By our last papers we learn, that the wishes of the President to commence a v(rtn of indirect hostilities agaiost France, are condemned by a majority in both Houses of Congress, until furthur advices from, that kingdom. Some preparations may be authorized, to fill the contractors' pockets, but after the surplus money be expended , all hostile appear nnces, it is hoped, will ceate. Mr. Ben ton, of Missouti, desires to appropriate nil the surplus revenue to build fortification: oo the seaboard tha west to be drained of her money, and get not a cent! This is only another of the. party humbog?, to defeat the fair division of the money contemplated by Mr. Clay Land Bill. Mr. Harrison, of Missouri, has call

ed nnon the Committee on Public Lands

(o make donations of land to the Militia and Rangtrt who ser7ed in the last war. This we desire may be done; but when

h aid soldiers of Wayne and St. Clair

re not yet provided for, the prospect at present, is disheartening. Mr. lla-xs of Kentucky, has called for a select com

nuttee. ts investigate that nest of favo

ritism, the. Military Academy at West Point. It is believed, and every day

strengthens the belief, that the public welfare, and the peace and equal rights

of the states, require this partial estab

lishment to be speedily abolished it i

no loneer proper or necessary. Mr.Mcr

ter, of Virginia, has called upon the Sec

retary of War for many paiticulars touch

ing the progress or the JNalional Koart; od we are patlicularly pleased (as the Teports of the superintendant in this state have net been published) that Gen. Merger requires the Secretary t "inform the Home by what reputations the economv of the public expenditure oo the said road is now secured, and especi-tliy, whether tha said road is constructed by public contracts, or otherwise; and if by contracts, how the execution of tha contracts is supervised." The reply of the Hon. Secretary to this call is most anxiously lacked for: it may afford some curious Ietails.net known even to the people o. the states interested .

G Firfanc Messrs. Ewing, Park $a' Wheeler. . 0 Buildings. Messrs. Ellis, Clark and Wise. The Board are resolved to put the building in as good repair as circumstances will admit, and lo have the Academy

in successful operation as speedily as pos-

siMe.

The Lady's Book for February, has just ar

rived, and it full of excellent tuatler.

CAPTAIV MA HYATT'S NOVFLS.

We have received 1 lie whole of the first two

Novels, "Peter Simple." and "Jacob Faithful,"

from the publisher, Mr. L. A. Godey, of Phila

Iphia. j ha work is handsomely printed, and

honld receive that support from the reading

public, which it sa richly merits.

CIRCULAR.

To the Voters of Knox County. Fellow Citizens: As the office of Representative to the Legislature is a trust

created by the people for their own benefit, and as it is right and proper they

should know in what manner the power thus delegated by them has been exercised, 1 proceed to render, in as brief a man oer as possible, an account of my stewardship. The most important law by far, which passed the Legislature at its late session, is what is commonly called, the Internal Improvement Bill. It is a measure of vast importance to the State, as it is rife with much of good or evil as it involves not only the interests of ourselves, but of those who arc lo follow

us, and as it will either dace us among the foremost states of the Union in point of wealth and population, or incubus like, by crippling our energies, retard cur growth The friends of this measure in the Legislature v ere. numerous and sanguine of the realization of the benefits anticipated by them from it. They contended that the advantnges of cheap and safe outlets to market, would more than compensate for the cost the state svould have to undergo in constructing them. That supposing we should have to be tax-

Jed in carrying into execution this svslem,

the advance in the price of real estate

ocrasioned by it, and the immense wealth

and population it would bring us, would render that tax so light, that it would hardly be felt. Its opponents were

equally loud, but "like angels' visits, were

tew and far between," and

The principle by whtcb it is swtjasted, U

tha taxing the wealth of Ihe State. ail property, real and personal, moneys on hand and moneys at interest, are tolgect to taxation, with an exemption in favor ol each family, of property to the value of one hundred dollars, wearing apparel and two beds. One fourth of the poll tax', &, five per cent of the whole tax levied, are

set apart lor the support or townehir

schools, The per centum fixfd by the Bill is five cents upon the hundred dollars, r the one twentieth of one per cent This is barely sufficient to defray the nenessary expenses of the State government and my colleague and myself were in favor of having it a few cents higher, not exceeding eight cents upon the hundred dollars, for the purpose of providing the means of paying any interest that might accrue upon the moneys to be borrowed for internal improvements. We thought it rather singular legislation, and some what childish, to authorize the borrowing of money, and to make no provision for paying the interest. A new apportionment of the representation was made this year. Knox county stands as she did be fore, end I believe has no cause of complaint. Several amendments were also made to our Statutes, among which are

those raising the per diem of grand and

other capital; and to la payable lo the treasurer of such townhip, and certifi cntes of stock shall be issued accordingly. The said stock to be pot en the footing of State stork in every particular as to responsibility. The same not to taxed: Provided however, it shall not be lawful for surh trustees to subscribe for such stock, unless the majority of thejvoters, nt

-anv Bnnuai etecunn tor Trustees, .

by a majority of all the votes given at such election, determine that such stock shall be taken ; which determination shall be

evidenced bv the voters writing on their

tickets "Bank Sto-k V

Sr.c. 7. That any Branch or Branches shall be authorized to contract with such

Board or officers as the State may empow er for the receipt and disbursement of any deposit of public funds by the State, and

jfor the interest to be paid thereon, subject

to the approval of the Board el Directors of the State Bank. Sec. 8. It shall not be lawful far the Bank or any Branch thereof to boy at a greater rate of discount than six per cent per annum, any promisory note er inland bill of exchange, made by any person or persons, who, as either principal r indorser, shall have, within one month previously, offered any note er bill far discount, and which bill or note has been re-

petit jurors to one dollar, and authoriz- jected or not discounted.

ing school commissioners to rectify alll Sec 9 That the Counties of Elkhart mistakes in listing, and various others to and Kosciusko be included within the the act regulating the suing: out writs ofjtwelfth Bank District of the State ef lollabeas Corpus, and to the Practice and (diana . Justices1 acts, which are too numerous to Sec. 10. That the Directors of the State

detail in llis communication. I under-lBark are hereby authorized, shanld Ihey s'.and that many complain? try colleague jdeem it expedient, to locate the twelfth and myself, lor voting against raising the Branch of the State Bank, on or before pay of members of the Legislature. I re- the first day of July next, at such place gret exceedingly that I did not belter un- within said District as they may deem exderstand your wihes in this particular, pedient: which said Branch may be or-

and have no doubt that whoever has the eanized immediately thereafter any thing

elerejBUD ef that village, ttat smor s; lin f rretYtioo, composed of 25t families, not mi iu dividual who had ever worshipped in that church bad did durine the past year. We believe with Ihe Monitor, that uu-.h another in stance cannot We found in the. United Hates. jV. J' Enquirer. Mclanrhoty Occurrence . Miss Martha Wil- . son, or F.fWham county, Georgia, Was returning a short time since from Savannah, in company with her mother and brother, find bavin'camped out," as is customary at rteM Southern States, about fourteen mlc from Savannah, the clothing of the bed on which tha joung lady was resting caught fire and communicated to her own dress. Her mother and brother hnsteaed to her relief, and attempted to tear tha clothing from her, b-it in the agony of hersitHation, sha extricated herself arid run off. Before the brother cooM reach her.shw was literally burned to death. N. Y. Enquirer. Friend Noah: Will thee oblige one of thy readers to SHggest the propriety of our Government rnlers, before they declare war. to read the last verse of the 9th chapter of Ecclesiastcs. Pcscr. .V. Y. Star. Jlov to Judge Cuttimem. K merrbanf wh hat acquired considerable of this world's gain, hy his attention to business, lately informed m how he decided whether a man was fit ta be trusted er not. He said whenever be saw a farmer come in, riding or driving a geod fit horse, he knew he e.uid be relied upon If hi horse was poor, he knew him careless nnd inattentive te his contracts Com. Jlermld.

honor of representing you next year, will

be very careful that no complaints shall be made against him oo this score. Yours, With great respect, K. N.CAKNAN.

AN ACT amendatory of an act, entitled "An act establishing a State Bank,' approved January 28, 1834 Sec. 1. be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate of Indiana, That the

withal, shew (President and Directors of the State Bank

contained in the third Section of the Bank Charter to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 11. Before any of the foregoing

too co6d a MAI. !' Speaking of his predecessor in the office of Post Master General, Mr. Kendall says Mhe reasan that Mjor Barry bait not a better fortune in the coaduct of the Post Office, was, that he nas too food man" We doubt whether the same can be said of aay living member of "the government-" "I wish said some one who had been praised to his fare by a person whom he did not like," I wish that I conl-l return the compliment1 "You miht" replied Ihe other briskly "i.iu lie as

t DID

A'. Y. Com.

BAPI'T DATS. A papsr was found after the death af Abderama III., one of the Moorish Kinps of Spain, died at Cerdova in 061, after

such a wonderful facility in becoming of Indiana shall le authorized to increase converts to this odious system when ad- the capital stock of any of the Branches dressed in a certain way, that the question of said Bank, by individual subcriptions of expediency was never fairly present- to an amount by which tfie capital of eich ed to your representatives, and the only 'shall not exceed two hundred and fifty question we had to decide was, whether jthoond dollars; the additional capital to we would take a part of the "loaves and be made at such periods and in surh sums fishes,'1 and go for the system, or oppose! 'he President and I rectors t the State it, get nothing, and io the end, have tojPank shall deem best calculated to propay part of the cost. Had the abstract Imote the interest of the State, and the

amendments shall have the effect of law. t tie consent of the Branches and Ihe State

Bank thereto, embracing all of said -mendmends, shall be given according to the provision of ihe 103d section f the charter: evidence of which assent shall be

filed by the State Bank in the office ef the!

Secretary of State, and a record thereof shall be made io said office; and the same

from such filing shall be taken and cou-j joyed riches, honeurs

&idered ai a part of the Charter ef said! Heaven has showered

Bank. Approved January 25, 1836 N. NOBLE.

Crnso Cocktt, Ian Extract of a letter from m gentleman in Princeton, a. djled. JiKvtitr 15, 135. -"There is no danger of Van and Dick in this te There are a treat many in this county

Ka f.iMfrht at Tinnecaaoe. I don't know of

hut one of them wha will support the Hero of tae North Bend, ami ae has feur sons entitled o vote, who are all supporters of Van Buren nnd Johnson." What will the "Petticoat Hero" say to this? Only one of the atd soldiers of Gibson couuty wh. fourht at the battle of Tippecanoe, will vole

for hio. We are acquainted with many of thera, having resi.led for several years in an adjoining county. If we are not mistaken, the late CoU Warrick cnmminded a company at Tippecanoe, ompoed entirely of the citizans ot Uibson." We accidentally nret with the above article, and extract it from the Louisville Advertiser of the 23d nit. for the consid eration of the numerous friends of General Harrison, in Gibson county. Our life upoo't, (he writer is an office holder, or an expectant of office, and willing and servile enough to sacrifice truth and independence at the footstools of "Van and nitr " 9 Vie nnnwentlv terms them. As

-a-' v. a - f - ' for the remarks of Peno, they go what thev are worth, viz: nothing.

notorious, and is richlv paid by govern

ment patronage, and "blanks, paper aodj

twine11 contracts for all his falsehoods. We believe there is not one word of truth in the extract of a Utter from a gentleman in Princeton Indiana, aod do hope some of the citizens of Gibson will be induced, as the patriotic Wise was, recently in the House of Representatives of the U. S. in Ihe matter of Cambreleng, to j.oiot his finger at the individual who penned the "bonny epistle,11 and place upon him the opprobrious epitaph, thou art he man who has villified the old soldiers of Harrison io Gibson county.

question been presented to me. shall Ihe State enter at once into a system of inter-

welfare of the Institution. The suhacrip-

The Harritbur? Intelligencer the leading Anti-Masonic Harrison paper in Pennsylvania, says "Sigws." The Miltonlan, published ia Karthomberland county, the Northern Banner, pub

lished in Bradford county, the Tytanning Oa zHte. published in Armstrong county, tha Wjom

llepuhliran,

Ll' L A

(ion and payment of the additional c pi-1 and the Susquehanna Register, puhli, bed in Sos-

nal improvement, costing her ten millions jtal lo be under thedirection of the Parent 'quehann county, all papers that supported

for He

Maple Sircar .We beg leave to retnind our country readers, that the sugar crop failed in Louisiana, and that this eeason should be availed of by all, to provide a home supply .

At an election of ihe officers of the Vincennes Academy for the present year, held at the Hotel of J. C. Clark, on Feb. 13th, 1836, the following gentlemen were declared duly elected: Trutttet JOHN BADOLLET, G. W. EWIKtf, S. WISE. A. T. ELLIS. J. C. CLARK. II. D. WHEELER, 11. DECKER. WM. BURTCH, Treasurer. J. Soars, Secretary. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees ol the Vincennes Academy, held on Monday evening, Dr. Hiram Decker was elected' President of ihe Board, and the fallowing standrng Committees for the preent year duly appointed; Off " lnsirvctinn Messrs. J. !Ml!et, S Wise, aod C. W. Ewmg.

of dollars? I might have said no. Not that I am opposed to the system, but because I might think it was going too far at present. 1 am confident it is the true policy of this state to turn her attention to internal improvements. It is the only way in which we can be enabled fairly to compete with the east. Dependant upon her for much of what we drink and wear, the balance of trade being always largely in her favor and drained through our land offices of much of the wealth brought among us, we are literally "hewers of wood and drawers of water" for her. To prosper, a change must be effected. We possess as good a soil and as genial a climate as our brethren of the East, and all we waot are the same facilities to a good market. Give us these, and our farmers will then take that stand in society they should first invirtue and independence, they will also be first in wealth, and instead of beiog forced annually to empty their pockets of the last cent in paying the merchant's bill, they will be as rich at least as the merch

ant. It is said by some that we are not

as well provided for as others, lo an

swer 1 can say, we eot all we could.

and there is no county on the Wabash, Tippecanoe excepted, in which a larger portion of the ten millions will be expended, than in -Knox, and Tippecanoe was thus accommodated, not at the request of herself, but of other parts of the State. Besides, if we had insisted upon more, we should, in all probability, have lost all. The whole delegation from this county was fully sensible of the importance of improving the Wabash, but there was a difficulty in obtaining a larger appropriation for that purpose, which must

strike every one, viz: the jealousy of

the friends of the continuation of the Wabash and Erie Canal. Every effort to improve the river, was regarded by them as a blow aimed at their work. It is asked, why was not the Canal continued down the river to Vincennes? The reasons are these we had no survey for a continuation of the Canal below Terre Haute, and it was said to be impracticable so to do, unless the Waash river was used as a feeder, to do which, it would be necessary to dam it. If we had insisted upon a continuation of the canal to this place, we could not have asked, with any prospect of success, for our Turnpike to New Albany: and should the impracticability of continuing the Canal be placed beyond doubt by future surveys, we should then be excluded from any participation in the appropriations ol this bill. We therefore concluded it was best to prefer a certainty to an uncertain ty. The measure next in importance, which has Wecome a law, is what is usually termed the Ad Valorem Bill. This bill differs materially from the one of last year, inasmuch as it mukos no specifications.

Hoard trnl rhat lh Qi -.K-ll k- Wolf for Govmr. hm veciren sirns of euppf.

,n r rniK r ting WILLIAM H.HARRISON.lhe Democratic required to furnish any money for fJ-! candidate for President. In addition toth.se, ment Of SUCh Stock. Prwdei hontver,' i,e Lebanon Renublican. of Leh.no. roMBf.

. . I ' J ,

may subscribe lor and, and the People's Prp, of Adaacs county, Mah

That the State

take one half of said additional canital , lenhergr papers, have came out for Harrison

.nnA.,;. i...... i Mr. Van Buren mv rive it no in Penasylve

on Ihe same conditions as heretofore.

except that the same shall be paid in, at the same time the individual stock is paid for. Sec. 2. That the President and Directors of the State Bank may from time to time authorize the several Branches, or any of them, to extend their discounts to an amount, the average of which for

ma. e understand that Oeneral Jackson acknowledges that things look squally in that StatP. How Ihey came to let him see as. much as that, we don't very well understand. Same of the Arjus eyes must have been asleep. The whole hoo Party Never was a name so appropriate. If there happens a good man among them, whom even his

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each fiscal year shall not exceed two and " "IT""" ""nn'im "mmem, ne

a half times the capital stock actually 19 fl one Pteo oenonnred, kicked paid in; and for this purpose, the debts1"01 f,,hf Par'-V; wh,,e ch " '"

due to them, exclusive of denosite and "V aDl-oipi

cash balances in other Banks and Branch

II a - .

iiie, are prompted in the same proper

tion. The way to make them go to Cork,

is to tell them they should go to Kilkenny .

es, may be extended to average as afore said twice and one half ihe amount of the

capital actually paid io, but never shall ex- ,., , . , . . ceed that proportion, and never shall ex-L understand , hat Major General ceed three times Ihe amount of capital ac-!fco,twa!' dered last week to Florida, tnally paid in,at anyone time; the power 1 ,0.ak ,h &eneraI direction of ihe ope- ' T J ' ritinn in that !. t..ll -I L . .

being still reserved by the State Board of.:."" h1

rtrirrinr the Rrnnches in tbeir discount! y ,u.l"".T,n

the executives ef South

to once and a quarter the amount of capital Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, paid in;Prov,ded however, that the State) for w"a f" m.I.t.a force may be necesreserves the right of repealing or amend. I?ary- been directed to push the

, campaign in tne roosi vigorous manner.

and to reduce the Indians to unconditional submission .

ght of repealing

ing this section, at the session commencing in DecV. 1839, and aIo at the ses-

ision commencing in Dec'r. 1845.

Kwrn 1 That tha Prinrl.nl n rwl Tlirart.

r Th.lananirm,D.ninA.r.r,J Ji.C. Nicholas has been f tecttrl

i r u. . .l J. 1 i'Senator of the United States from-the

State of Lou isiana. to fill the vacancy eccasioned by the resignation of Mr. Gayarre. The vote on Ihe final balloting

was lor .Mr. .Nicholas 32; for A. Bara

a reign of 50 years, with these words, written by himself: "Fifty years have passed since I was Caliph. I have en-

ana pleasure

npon me all the

gifts that man ceuld desire. In this lone; space ef apparent felicity I have kept an aceenat ef how many happy days I have passed their atimher i M. Consider then, misrtals. what is grandeur, what is the world, and what is life?11

John Q.J Jans. Yesterday Mr. Arlam sent his regular adhesion to Gen. Jacks and his war movement. He iotrednced n resolution for the appointment of a committee t examine into the cause ef tb three million appropriation ef the last year. He then commenced a regular vituperative attack en the Senate, which, however, was aiaaed principally at Mr. Webstar. Such was his zeal, and so delighted were the Administration member of the House, that they clapped him. -This was received by him with manifest satisfaction, and delight was motnal. We presume we may now consider him a regularly enrolled along with hi cf-?-vant Secretary, Richard Rush.-- C. S. Tsl.

ixtkact raosr a Moncaa DtcTtoaiav. Constable A specie of snapping turtle. JWode.ity A beautiful flower that flourishes only in secret places. Iaicyer A learned gentleman, who resrnes ynr estate from an enemy, and keeps it himself My dear An expressieD ned hy man and wife at the beginning of a quarrel. Dentist A person who finds work for his own teeth by palling out those of other people.

Lord Cloncnrry and near having a duel.

O'Connsll came

MARRIED On the tfitbinst. in this place, by John Collins Fq. Mr. Tiigkma lit rrai ap, to Miss. Sdsait Vachet.

of the Branches, at tbeir own expenses, to

open books for the transfer of their stock in any of Ihe cities of the United States; and any such Branches may authorize transfers of any portion of such stock, without lien or restriction on which the State has no lien n said books: which books shall be kept open for public in

spection, conformably to the provisions of

the 28tn section ot the act ot which this is amendatory, and such transfers shall be regularly certified to the State Bank according to the Charter. Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for the State

Bank and Branches in the computation of

interest or discount to charge according to the Standard and rate set forth in Rowlet's Tables" and in computing (he time which a note has to run, to reckon thfc days inclusively. Sec. 5. That the Trustees of any Congressional Township io this State, by their Clerk, on the last day of April and Oc

tober in any year, (or if such day be Sun

day, then oo the day previous) may sun scribe for stock in any branch of the State Bank, with the consent of said

Branch, which shall l i far a creation

of additional capital in said Branch, to be considered as prt of the additional stock herein first provided far; and shall be rated at the same amount per share as lb1 original shares, but the whole amount ol the subscription shall be paid on stibscri bing; on w hich the dividend shall be semi antijully apportioned io common with tbe

27; for Mr. Grtmes 2; for M. Aiosti-i 1; Blank 1 the election having been effect ed by one member refusing to rote, thus leaving 3 votes to be a majority 63 votes; Ihe number of votes on the two proceeding balloting being 64.

Mr. Nicholas is siid to be a friend of!

the Administration. jaf. Intel.

Deeds and Convetanccs . It was de cided we believe, not long ago. by the Su preme Court of Ohio, that the certificate of a wife's acknowledgement of a deed

for Ihe conveyance of lands, should state

'that the contents of Ihe deed were fully explained lo her." We fiod in Hammond's Gazette of the 22d ultimo, the following decision in the Court in Baok.of that State, which may be of use to conveyancers. Held, in the cae of Catherine WTarland, vs. the hcirsof Fiberger.that where a deed recites that husband and wife were parlies of the first part, but where tbe operative words of conveyance and of the husband's rights only nnd the covenants specially made by the husband alone., the joinder of tbe wife in the execution ot th deed , does not bar herclaiuitodowei.

STATE OF INDIANA.) Daviess County. DAVIESS PROBATE COURT, Ffbroart Txrm, 1836. Samuel J. Kelso. Admr.'j de bonis nan, &c of J am es H. McDonald Dec. ! Complaint of vs. j Insolvency. The Creditors of said ! decedent. j And now at this time comes the said Com plainant by McDonald his solicitor, and files his bill of complaint herein, statins? that t' available assets of said estate are insufficient to pay the debts and demands outstanding against said estate, and praying generally for relief. It is therefore, en motion, ordered by the court, that the creditors of said decedent be n titled of the filing and pendency of said bill by publication, for six weeks in succession, in Ihe Vincennes Gazette, a newspaper printed at Vincennes, Indiana and that unless snid creditors notify the said complainant of the existence and extent of their respective claims by filing the same or a statement ef the nature, description and date of the contract or assumpsit upon whirh ihe same may be founded, in the office of the clerk of this court, pre vioii9 to n final distribution of tbe assets of the estate of the said decedanl, such claims will be postponed in favor of the elnims of the more diligent cred. tors. And on motion, thi cause ia continued until the next term of this court. A Copy. Test.

flivc-r (Muss ) Monitor smvs It wns stated from JIJN VAN TREE5?. Cl'll. D. T. C,

pnl it a fnndny or two since, by one of tae' February I5th, 1535. 38-61