Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 March 1836 — Page 2

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VINCENNES. SATUUDAY JIARCII 3, 1830. l? a CD I? Li 4 i Ltf Li li Ll li FOR PRESIDENT JN 1630. GEN. WM. II. HARRISON, Of Ohio. i WANTED At this office, an Apprentice to the Print ing Business. None need apply, except such as can read end wiite. Public Lands. Our last Legislature requested of the President to suspend from sale a strip cl land ten miles in width oo a line from Muncxtown to Foit Wayne, and applied to Congress for a Jaw giving to the State the right to pur chase at such reduced prices as may be fixed. This was a wise measure the

purchase of all lands within ten miles of;on Friday last, and adopted by a vote of our canals Uet year, by the state , would 51 10 4 1 We perceive, iu the Frankfort

on after sale, have indemnified the cost of very canal of general interest tut our Governor did not recommend the measure. Now the President has refused to interfere he says he has no dispensing power until authorized by law, and our cnembers in Congress should have known that fact, and provided accordingly. ffcjf-We are pleased to see that Mr. Kinnard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims has reported a bill for the relief of the venerable Col. Vigo, and that it was read twice. Its passage is certain if duly attended to. 07-By letters of the highest authority, it is now ascertained, that immediately on the reception of the President's Message, at the opening of Congress, in France, the French Ministers declared the explanation therein contained, sufficient the original cause of insult was in a message, nnd it was satisfactorily attoned for in the same manner. Thus without doubt the difficulty with France is now ended. The Indian war in Florida still continues many estimable citizens have lost their lives. How the Mexican dissatisfaction may terminate, is yet uncertain. Many Van Burea men want offices and contracts ; and war or apprehension of war, is required to get them. Congress Mr. Ratliff Boon is at the head of the Committee on Public Lands, placed there by "the party" to subserve paity views. We shall see if he will carry through the measure founded upon public jintice, contemplated in the reso lotion of Gen. Carr. The resolution of Mr. Williams embraces the principle of Mr. Clay s Land Bill; and the resolution of Mr. Wiie will shew the ' Globe" newspaper, to be utterly unworthy of any freeman's ieard. All these resolutions now call for the action of men who were1 elected to Congress, and claim to be the people's representatives! We shall see how they are acted on or demolished in the end. By Mr. Carr; Reunited, That th Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into tbe expediency of the granting a small country or donation iti lands, to the organized militiamen, rangers, ond volunteer?, 1io served in defence ef their country for the term of montb, on the frontier during the late war with Great Britain, and to the widows and orphans of thoe who ?o served; end also, into the expediency of making like provisions for those who erve3 on the Tippecanoe campaign on the Wabash in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven. The following Resolution, offered by Mr. Williams of Kentucky, was adopted : Uesolvel, that the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to enquire into the expediency, nnd propriety of passing a law distributing: the surplus revenue now in the Treasury, nn i the surplus revenue that may be hereafter in the Treasury, anions; the spveral Statps, according to the federal population of each State, for purposes of laternal improvement and education, j The following resolution, offered by Mr. WISE, lies over on day. J Resolved, That a Select Committee consi'ting ff five , with power to send for persons and papers, be appointed to inquire into the amount of government pafrotsege to the public press in the District of Columbia, and into the policy and expediency of separating the government patronage from the putdio press, and to report bj Bid or otherwise the means of 10 doing, The Methodist Book concern in N. Y. with its numerous Printing Offices, was destroyed by fire on the 13lh of Feb. Loss 250,000 dollars. fjT-The state of Penn)lvania has rechaitered the Bank of the United Stales, snd thus defeated the Van Buren intrigue intended to benefit speculators the effect will be salutary, but where is the Jackson victory now ? Alas for the "room eter-ous party humbug! Correction. In our last, we committed nn error in stating the terms of the Probate Court for Knox county. The follow, ing is correct: The Probate Court for Knox county commences its sessions on the second Monday in February, May, August and November. We were unavoidably compelled to omit the Circular Letter of our Senator, 11. M. Shaw this week. It shall appear at soon as possible. The Wabash river is in a fine stage for navigation. Four or five boats passed thi place on the evening of the 2d iost for the upper Wabash. Five hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated by Congtess for carrying en the Seminole War.

HARRISON.

Tii- r,:.,..,4 i i !e tiuly gratified at his increasing popularity. '-Old Tippecanoe'' is "ging ahead11 rapidly. We make the subjoined extracts from our papers received cn Siturday . Ohio The Harrison State Convention met at Columbu s on the 22d insf. It was probably the largest ever held iu any State of the Union. The concourse seem ed almost without number. No less than two thousand Delegates were present on ,ne afternoon of the 22d, and others were every moment arriving. It almost seem ed as if the entire population of Ohio was resolving itself into a Convention for the jominalioo of Old Tippecanoe. Jjouisville Journal KfiKTvcKY Xominalion f General Harrison. We annex the preamble and resolution , offered by Mr. C A. Wickliff in. the popular branch of the Legislature Commonwealth, a call upon Mr. W. for the publication of his masterly speech in defence of his resolutions: lb We believe the State of Kentucky is opposed to the election of the candidate for the Presidency, Dominated by the Bal timore Convention, and that the best interests of the American People and the purity of our political institutions, demand of every friend of constitutional liberty to waive all personal predilections in the coming contest for the first oflice in the gilt of a free people. Kentucky surrendered the claims of her favoiite son, upon tbe altar of the public good, with undiminished confidence in his patriotism and public worth; we tender our support to one whose claims as a statesman and patriot, other sister stales have acknowledged . We contend not for men or for office. but for our constitution and its principles.' To maintain them, we will make any and! every sacrifice which honor and duilv al-j low. We disclaim the light to dictate toj our constituents, we urcrp tlipm nn-p mnroi to a united effiit in the rescue of tbe Con titution of our common country. Resolved, therejore, Ly the House of Representatives of Kentucky, That our fellowcitizens be requested to unite with us in the support of an electoral ticket favorable to the election of the well-tried pat riot and statesman, Gen. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio, for President of the United States. Niw York. The Whig Convention of the State ef New York, met at Albanj j week before last. The Hon. John W.j Taylor, formeily, and for a number of 1 years a member of Congress from that! State, was chosen President, and several! of the most distinguished citizens of New York, officiated as Vice Presidents. The Convention nominated Gen. William II. Dariuson, of Ohio, for President, and Francis Grander, of New York, for Vice President. People's Candidate. The people are rising in this State in favor of William Henry Harrison he is emphatically the! people's candidate for the Presidency : National Republicans -Jackson men j Clay men Adams men Whigs all whoj are not biased or bought by the spoils of, ojjic. are rising in favor of Harrison, inj preference to Martin Van Buren, the in j triuer the party wizzard who isendeavoring indirectly to smuggle himself into oflice, in defunce of the people. -- The question is not now Jacksen or CUy ; but the people and Harrison versus Van Buren and the oflice holders. Del. Jour. C; It ATI F Y I N Ci 1 NTi; LLIG I : I TA FRENCH DIFICULTIKS SETTLED. We lay before the public the following intelligence, with sentiments of gratifica tion. We are indebted to a gentleman just arrived, for a copy of an Extra of the Wheeling Gazette, from which we extract the followiog: From the A". Y. Evening Star. It gives us more lhan ordinary pleasure to inform our readers, and the country at large, that France hasconsented te pay the first instalment on the indemnity treaty, without recurrence to the mediation, and that all our differences with our ancient ally and friend, are now happily terminated, and nothing is left, in any shape, to effect our commercial intercourse, or mar those good teelings which should ever exist between two nations endeared by to many early and valuable recollections. To our French friends in particular, who were exceedingly desirous of peace, and who have gone with us in our earnest efforts to see it promoted by every honorable means, we offer our sincere congratulations. ORIGIN OF THE FLORIDA TROUBLES. By the treaty May 9, 1832, the Seminole Indians, with whom the recent difficulties have been had. contracted to relinjquish their posessions at Tampa Bay, and i retire to Ihe praries of Arkansas Territo ry. That peiiod elapsed in May last, but as they manifested an indisposition to remave at that time, six months lunger were allowed them to prepare for the journey. These having eipired, they were notified to bring in their cattle and horses to be sold on the 1st and 15th cl December, agreeably to the stipulations of the treaty providing that these domes tic animals should be surrendered, in or der to avoid the expense of removing, and adequate compensation m3(le theretor. Carles, the head Chief, assented to the measure, but others determined to die,

nrrr.s in hand, on their native sop, caused him to te hs .s-inated, appointed a hi C( s or of opposite en tun en-. a"d immediif ly commenced a coinse of hostilities' ngaitiet the whites iu their vicinity. Vade .Me cum . From the Cincinnati Gazette. Legitimacy. The following is from the "WESTERN SUN, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER,1' published at Vincennes, Ind. Democratic Repulican A'omination For prksident MARTIN VAN BUREN, of New York. For Vice President -RICHARD M. JOHNSON, of Kentucky. Opposition Candidates. William H. Harrison, of Ohio. Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts. Hugh L. White, of Tennessee.'" We have heard much of the legitimacy of the succession of Mr. Van Buten and Col. Johnson, but we have never before seen it admitted, with so much simplicity 'Opposition Candidates ! ." Opposition to whom? to what? Why to the legitimate candidate of the Baltimore Convention, the duly nominated successor of Gen. Jackson; nominated by, with, and upon the suggestion of Andrew Jackson himself!! One ELI STOUT stands at the head iT the Western Sun. lie appears verily, as a Stout supporter of legiiimacy : a well grown spaniel, most submissive to the collar. The following, from the Charlottesville (Va.) Advocate, is nol out of place here: "Jire Divino. A writer in the last Enquirer, speaking of Gen. Jackson's appointing Van I in ion his successor, sys: "Should this operate against Mr. Van Buren, with thoge who support the administration of Gen. Jackson? By no means. Instead of producing defection, or even lukewarmness in the Republican ranks, it should invigorate their action, and increase the aider with which they suppoi t his cause. For n-ho so competent as Jlmlrezi' Jackson to recommend .Martin fan Uurcn to the American People, and whose recommendation, with tbe party that have sustained his administration, ought to be so full and satisfactory?1 We make no comments but ask the People to pause, and consider to what this doctrine leads United States Bask --Authentic infotmalioQ has been received of the passage of the Bill, by the Pennsylvania Legislature, chartering the U. S. Bank with a capital of 23,000,000. We have before U3 the Ilarrisbutgh Intelligencer, published 10 the city where the Legislature is id sessian. That paper says, that the Bill to repeal the Stale lax, to make

appropriations for internal improvements, and to chat ter the U. S. Bank , has passed the Senate, bavin? previously passed the House of Representatives: The Bill lacks nothing now but the sig nature of the Governor, who has always been a Iriend of the Batik of the United States, and whose opinions remain unchanged. The tale of bribery, as we anticipated, proves to have been but an invention of the Tories, w hich has "so turned to plague the inventors." The Senator, charged by Gen. Krebg with offering 20,000 lor a vole in favor of Ihe Bank, turns out to be a Mr. Ccnrad, a Jackson Van Buren man, who has voted against the Bank and violently opposed it from first to last. The Harri&buigh Intelligencer well remarks, that, "if there has been any attempt to hi ibe, it has been an attempt by one Ami Bank Van Buren man to bribe another Aoti Bank Van Buren man to vote for the Bank." Some of the particulars are given in another column, in a letter from llai tisburgh (0 the Baltimore Patriot. A New Move. In Congress, House of Representatives, Feb. 5--Mr. HANNEGAN moved to suspend the rules in order to instruct the select committee of twenty-four, appointed yesterday, on the subject of pay and mileage, to make ihe following inquiries: 'First Into the expediency of removing the seat of the Federal Government from V ashingtOQ to Cincinnati or Louis v He . Second. Into the propriety of so amendiog the Rules of the House, as to cause a list of the absentees, whenever ihe yeas and nays are taken, to be entered on the Journals, and published as part ot each day's piuceedings in the morning papers. Third. Of compelling all members who hereafter absent themselves, during the sittings of the House, on visits to their homes aDd families, or for the purpose of attending to their practice in tbe courts of this District and adjicent States, to relinquuh their pay during the peiiod ol such absence. 'Fourth. Of requiring a relinquishment, in like manner, of their compensation, from members during the time lost from the business of the House in excursions to the neighboiing cities, or pleasure forties about the city and the surrounding country, or from any other cause whatever, except sickness and the order of the House, "Fifth. Of establishing a rule to prevent member? from drawing their pay up to the close of the session, who leave averal days prior to the adjournment On motion ot Mr. WILLIAMS, of N C. the motion to suspend the niles for the purpose indicated, was laid cn the table. Mr. Clay --Who and what are Andrew Jackson or Martin Van Buren, in comparison w ith Mr. Clay? Posterity, and no vei v remote posterity, will answer j these quekiious aright.

Mr. Clayton, from Delwarp, rccei tly the peace establishment. TUt vsp l,;.d mi a speech in ihe Seoate, referred to'now a meditation, and ac-. m . j h ry ing it,

Mr Cliiv'i t:m diner uKiMi i iKiij. noticed by a w titer in the Baltimote Chtonicle: 'I understand that he said of Mr. Clay that he could not add one laurel to the reath of glory that encircled his brow. Clay was present, and when 1 remembered the eloquent manner, the great tones of that voice which bad thrilled through so many bosoms and echoed in so many hnlls of this republic, when I gazed upon that eagle eye beaming with genius and the glories of an intellect, which has scarcely been equalled, never sut passed among the children of men, when I saw the graceful form before me, the figure of him who had negotiated peace for us abioud and acquired fame for us throughout the na ti"n by the strength of bis wis lorn, I could but lament over honorable ambition de feated, and schemes of enterpr ise broken ; a man who for an honorable desire to transmit his name down upon the stream of time, mingled with associations of liberty defended, and lyrranny rebuked, de serves and will reap the admiration of the present, and win goal of future reputation. I am bending to no political Idol, clothed with all the pomp and attributes of power, but to a man whose fame will go diwnamiu the revolutions of empires ai one of the redeemed stars of the decay that gathers around the deeds, and clouds the genius of our country. He has intimated in his place an intention to go into private life, to give up his public career He has no right to himself the country sboul I claim him ; but should he be permit ted to, leave the councils of the nation, he will bring to my mind the melanrholly picture of a single pillar left lonely in the desart, with all its beautiful and chaste aichitecture still perfect, as when the master's hand was first applied to it, and as the traveller draws unto this beauty 10 the solitude, his admiration will be attracted, and long after when his steps shall be among the more successfully ex-, posed achievements of ait, he will lemember the statue before which in the wilderness he had knelt.' From the Nashville Republican. "('an inch things b, Ami overc ome 115 like a summer's cloud, i : iiou t our sprci;il wonder?" The party which support Mr. Van Buren, it is well known, claim to be the only real democratic republican parly, and no matter what may be the opinions ot their opponents, if tbey do nol believe the New Yorker to be the proper person for the Presidency, they are called all sorts ;of names, and are held up te tbe people as utterly unworthy ot fa vor or confidence We have often pointed out the inconsistencies ef this paity, and shown with what little truth a large portion of it can lay ; claim to the good, but often mis-used name 'of republicans. We hate uow two olher instances to offer, and if those who reject ed the resolutions gitea below, can, with propriety as?ume the republican badge, then, as the Indian said to the white nan, 'we are done.' We extract the following from an account of the proceedings ot the Ohio Legislature. Mr. Calvary Morris, member from Athens county, proposed the following us an amendment to one of the resolutions: Resolved, That every attempt (a expressed first by Mr. Jefferson, then by President Jackson.) 'to biing the patron age of the Federal Government into conflict with the freedom ol elections," is aiming a deadly blow at the permanency of our republican institutions, ami ought to be resisted by every lover ol freedom. The amendment was rejected by a vote The forty five, who voted against this, truly republican resolution, weie Van Bu-j ren men Trie following resolution was offered io the Legislature of New Jeisey, to be incorporated with others, instructing their Senators in Congrets on the subject ol the expunging resolutions. Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to maintaio the principles and doctrines set forth by the President of the United Statet in his first inaugural address upon Ihe Executive patronage, and that they accordingly give him a decided support in all measures calculated to effect the coriection of all abuses which may bring the pa tronage of the Federal Government into

conflict w ith the freedom of elections. livery of his speech upon Ihe resolution What democrat, what republican, carijof Mr- Adamt. in the lower House of Confind anything in Ihe above resolution,! STr3S Mr- Wise, of Virginia, nlluded to which is not in accordance w ith the true! 'be situation of the House of Reprcsenta principles of our Government and vet it! ,ive 'be last night of Ihe last set-

was rejected by the wriarn'mou vote of lhe!sion- l'e charged some of the memberi

Van Buren members of the Legislature - Truly may we again ask "Can such tilings be, And overcome ui like n summer's cloud, Without our special wonder'."' From ihe A. Y. Courier. For two daya there has been a warm discussion in the. hou-e, on an item of this; bill appropriating certain specified sums for repairs, improvements, Sic. at the several navy yards. To-day Mr. Wise, a member ol the Navy Committee, opposed the appropriation In tbe couihe of his remar ks, he stated that this money was required on the peace establishment; and ihen said, that he rose for the purpose of communicating a fact not known to the house. That there was now before the committee a recommendation tiom th navy department, ihe contents of winch would be reported as soon as the Ch.tirmn had an opportunity. That the bill under consider ati"ti was piedicuifd upon information obtained at ihe commpiiteuient of the session, and with a vitw ti.

idemrtiid of money for

war establish ment. I hat the extra sum rfq'ined lor the navy by an estimate Iromtbe department, was upward of six millions thrtt hundred thousand dollars Sir said Mr. Wist, we have great reason to apprehend a war. But not with France. No, sir, I will tell you what kind ef war we are to have A ttar upon the Treasury. THE SPY IN WASHINGTON. From the Washington Fun We would ask Ihe people, of what advantage (he house of Representative is to the nation, and under the present influence of the dominant Van Buren party, what protection is afforded to their right or in what way it promotes their interest. They might as well trust to otdeis in Council, direct from Ihe White House, & confide all the functions of the Govern ment to the Executive alone, as to burthen themselves with the expenses of legislation, to do his bidding. Let the Senate become a like partisan body, subservient to Executive power, and be alike controlled by Executive patronage, the whole Government will move by a single will, is absolute and imperioas as thtt of the Autocrat f all the Russia?. There is not new in the House of Representatives, in the Vn Buren democratic party, the slightest shade of independence, uninfluenced by party considerations, upon any subject, where parly interests and feelings are brought into view. There is no man who is warmed by a patriot's spirit, but has reason to tremble for his country; there is no one who loves his country and cherishes the pride of an American citizen, but must feel deeply humbled at the state of absolute vassalage which the power and patronage of the Government, diverted to rty purposes, has reduced so large a portion of the people, who once breathed the spirit ef indepm lence and walked with the proud step of freemtn. That day of independence is gone past the freedom of elections is but a by word. The power of Executive patronage hat extended into every State and neighborhood of the country, and hat been brought to bear upon the acts and feelings of the people--to overawe their conduct , to influence their paisiooi,or seduce them from their duty. The Mails, lie. The eaquiry hat been mtde wby the Whig papers complain 01 (tie irregularity ol Ihe man 10 supplying their subscribers and their exchanges with papers, to much more thao the adminiitratioa prist. It it a feci that thsy do, and it it also fact that they have more reason. An instance of it may be seen in the Louisville Journal. That paper, a talented and uncompromising opponent ef the faction that roles, hat published several communications lately from eubscriberi, stating that they rarely received Ihe Journal and that (he Advertitsr wat received regularly. That papert should not be mailed rtgulerly, in every office where a subscription book it used, (and what office hat not one) it almost impossible. The fault then must be in the mails; not in the contracted, hut in tbe Post .Matters. They receive the papere into their officet, and even if they do not intentionally detain them to weaken the 1 power of Iheir opponenti, are utterly in different as to whether they ever arrived at their dettination or not. A mail bag it, j for inttance, crowded, many of Ihem be ing too tmall for the daily increasing de mands upon the mail, they push on every na np r friorirltv f e Ihftir ruiitD tvliil Mi . v e Ho$- ' , Lehind.. Phis, thev ma v think, less culrable than oppressing them intentionally; but it it equally injuriout in itt effects, though the laireit face that chanty can put upon tint matter. Wheeling Times. The Globe calls Ihe bill chartering Ihe I Bank of the United Statet by the State of Pennsylvania, the "Bribery bill." If lo charter a Bank, with a capitol of twentyeight millions, granting it Ihe privih ge lo use itt own fundi for banking puiposn, for a bonus of three millions, lie bribery, what is Ihe placing of thirty milliohs of public money in pet banks to be ued fr private speculation, wihoul interest or bonus? U. S: Tel. Retort courteous. During the de with having been drunk. Mr. Lane, of Illinois, called upon him to point out the individual members whoairt dr ink. To which Mr. Witie replied, "If he were lo do ao, he might, hurt the gentleman's fttlWe wonder where the young lieutenant who upon another occasion attacked a member of Congress for words spoken in debate, now is? Will he call Mr. Wise to account for (hit thrust at the morals of his daddy? One glance from the eye of Ibe fearless Virginian would put to rout a regiuient of such fellow s. BRAG HOGS. We have had almost every thing (o boa?t of this teaton, in our Cincinnati narket. On Friday four hogt, in pork, were purchased by Nathan Sharp, at $8 fifty rents per hundred. They weie raised by Mr. A. L. Bromble, near Madi--n, in this county. Their agrregal weight was eighteen hundred sixty-eight pounds, an average ef 4C7 to each hog. Ctn. Gaz.