Vincennes Gazette, Volume 5, Number 50, Vincennes, Knox County, 14 May 1836 — Page 2

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VINCENNES. SATl'HDAY MAY 11, 1S3G. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1836. GEN. WBI. H. HARRISON, O OAto. Jll-IJU . , 1 HARRISON ELECTORS FOR INDIANA. Gen. John G. CttsnEsm, of Orange county. Dr". Hiram Deckfr, of Knox. Gen. Milton Staff, of Jefferson. Mr. Enoch M'Cartv, of Franklin. Mr. Achilles Williams, of Wayne. Mr. Albert S. White, of Tippecanoe. Gen. MarstonG. Clark, of Washing ton. Mr. Abraham P. Andrews, of La porte. Mr.A.W. Morris, of Marion. WANTED At this Office, an Apprentice to the Print ing business. None need apply except tuch as can read and write. Evansville and lrincenne Rail Road. Ve take pleasure in saying, that a deep and abiding interest has recently been exhibited rn regard to this importan' woik, and preparatory measures have fcten taken for its commencement. We learcGen. Evans will immediately proceed toN York and Philadelphia, for The purpose of disposing of a portion of the slock, and that Books will soon be opened for subscriptions to that portion which it vas deemed piudent to reserve. The citizens of Knox, G ibson and Vanderburgh particularly, appear to he united in their determination to sustain the Rail Ruad Charter and the recent meeting ot the Directors at Evansville, evinced a spirit of union and enterprise which lias rarely been exibited. The Evansville Journal remarks thus. The Commissioners appointed by the ct incorporating the Evansville and Vincennes rail road Company, held a meeting in this place, on Tuesday last. The following gentlemen were present --Samuel Emmerson, Wm. Rnrfch, and J. R Martin from the County of Knox Wm. Darnel, Wm French Jno. Urownlee from the county of Gibson and R. M. Evans, Jas. Lewis &: Ja. Cawson from the county of Vanderburgh. The Rail Road Company was organized, by electing Gen. R. M Evans, President; Samuel Hill Eq Secretary and William Duitch Esq. Treasurer. It a'iTr''s us pleasure to stale that en ergetic measures have been adopted tor the prosecution of the wntk. This Rail Road Will Connect the Chicago and Vincennes Rail Road with the Ohio river, nl by a branch to Mt.Carmel only eight miles distant, it will form a continuation of the Alton and Mt. Carinel Rail Road toj the Ohio, at this place These connec- , tions make the Lvansvdle and V mcennec! Rail Road an important link in the w o, k j of Improvement. We have been tnlortn ed that a gentlemen of this State, who is now at the east, has written to a friend in Knox couaty. that were the bocks open for the subscription of stock and were he authorised, he could get the slock taken immediately, Subjoined is sn estimate of the probable expense of constructing the Road. Extract from Mr Collins' report to Col. Stansbury, dated Indianapolis, Dec llfftlC35. According to instructions received from you the lollowing plan of superstructure has been estimated Two trenches will be excavated the whole length of (he road, parallel to each other , corresponding to each line of two feel wide and IS inches deep, into which will he placed bearing timbers 12 inches - r . .1 A It tirantii& TV ill lis7 ,. . . UAri. placed bearing timber will be laid black; locust cross sills or sleepers, G by 3 inches! 71 feet in length and 3 feet apart from! centre to centre; into which will be cut the notches to receive I he side rails of Su?quehanah pine, six by sx inches, ee cured to their proper places by wedges on the inside. On the inner edge of the side rails, will be laid Cat bars of iron 2rinches in width by 3 quarter inches in thickness, & properly fastened to the side rails by sere ws, bolts and iroo spikes. Cost per mile of a single track of flat bar rail way. 22 tons iron rails 2J by I, $49 per ton Splicing plates and screwr. bolts, 782 pounds at 9 cents Iron spikes; 713 pounds at 0 cents Susquehanna rail scantling, 6 by 6, 31.680 feet at 26 cts. 1,760 black locut leepers 25 cts. Bearing limbers un. $1,078 00 70 38 63 1? 823 68 440 00 dr sleepers, 10,560 ft Excavating trenches for sleepers 1,040 cubic yards Dressing and notching alteperi 3 cts. 10 cts. 10 Cll. 316 80 104 00 170 00

Laving sleepers and

string pieces 15 cts. 264 00 70 40 3,620 wooden wedges 2 cli. Fitting plates under joints and lay ing i ail e r yard 2 cts. Horse 35 20 300 00 3,742 63 Total cost of road bed from Evansville to Vincennes, distance of 61,15 miles Average cost per mile $255,679 43 4,131 18 To which add the cost of superstructure of one mile in the proposed plan 3,742 73 Total coit per mile Or for 1,15 miles of rail 7,923 81 road 484,541 20 For contingencies, pay of soper mtendants, engineers, &.c. add ten per cent 4 8,846 52 537,311 77 Making the average cost ppr mile, including turnouts, every rive miles G.7G6 77 Extract from the repoit of Col. Stansbubury to the Hone of Representative of Indiana, Dec. I7ih 1C35. "The co?t of graduation upon the route from Evansville to Vincennes, "ill he unusually moderate 'The average cost per mile of the Mad ison, Indianapolis and Lafayette rail road is Of the Vincennes fc Evansville rail rosd Of the Lawrencebnrgh and Indianapolis tail road 8.7C6 77 1!,317 60 We have given to day the latest news from Texas. It will be seen that the Texians have defeated a portion of Santa Anna1 troops. No late news from Florida, our last accounts left Gen. Scolt in a dangerous situation all communication w ilh him, it w as reported w as cut off.

The Erie Rail Road bill wilh a Capital j(,rpJ Hn, four,epJ ,,oUsar.d nx hundred Iloot Ilog or die.1 Thi was a rlap-trap. of Three Millions of Dollars has been and ninety dollais, annually. Of which intended to catch the Cincinnati Pork passed hy the Legislature of New Vork. j the .Marqui of Car mar : hen w ill receive Merchant but it w a- no go. 11 The eni,..r.l .-li-i io F.rie-" SEVENTV THOUSAND DOL- emy should have fought under their own

Canal. Tlie pro'pectsof the people's candidate Gen. Harrison are indeed cheeiing out

exchange papers are filled wilh the pro-!")' i ot'iriuutinglt among the States for ceedings of numerous meeting held in! education ut the children, and the

ihe different states in his behalf and we hope the boasted influence of a trained band of office holders in the coming elec t i nn u.' ill lo rioucil 111 its Imp lioht liv a " . discerning intelligent people-V Burn ' not Gen. Jackson, & the old Inenus ofthe General are not disposed to he transfered to the l.ttle magician like a proa.issoi v c " note payable to order. , - Our fiiends ol the Logansport T graph say 'Gen. Harrison in peace and war ha? ivrported his country , and M . 'nn BurPn in peace and war has been supported . ,. , . , ,. fry ui counrr?,1 we agree vith you gentle3 J jo m(,n 11 ' a ,r,e An awful osurler was rommitfed at St. Louis last week, by a mulatto man who killed a Deputy Sheriff and desperately wounded a constable. The people were highl3' excited at the .Murder, broke open iKD iail In vl,;.h ho n.frn . a rn,.("infl ,tf I'll. It. IIIU ll ft," - - " horrible to relate burnt him alive the par ticulars will be found on our first page. 'Raollloz er die' The Corpotationj we learn have passed an Ordinance, re quirinfr that Hoes running at large, shall! have their noses ringed to prevent their rooting. i ue ici 10 gram pre-emp..o he public lands, expires on the 20lh June; lfl.fi Those who ate rea v entitled loi the provisions of the law should not delav - in making the necessary application for j(s benefits. From a statement of tiie Treasurer el Ihe United Ststes, it appears (hat the bran ches of the State Bank of Indiana at Indianapolis, Kichmond and New Albany, aie indebted to the Goverment One million five hundred and ten thousand two hun drd and thirty live dollars. Post scrip t. GLORIOUS NEWS FROM T Just as our paper is going lo press, we learn from a gentleman direct Irom New Oileans a gentleman whom we have known a number of 3 ears, and in w hom the lullest confidence can be placed, that an odicjal publication was made, in the New Oileans papers, on the 3d iosf. :a ting that the Tejtians under Gen. Houston had met 1 100 nf the Mexicans with Santa Anna at their head, and bad killed 500 ol them and taken the remainder prisoners. This number of the Mexicans were cut off from tha rait of tha army by high wateri. I

H was doubted by many persons, in New Orleans whether Santa Anna was among the prisoners hut that the Texians had gained a decided victory was not questioned as live statement were officially commnnicicaled hy the Texian Secretary of Stale. In the conflict, the Texians lost but six

men, and twenty wounded. Since writing the above, the gentleman referred to, has favored us with the following. Extract from a New Orleans paper. 'TO THE FFOPLE TOWARDS NACOGDOCHES. We met Santa Anna on the 21st. We attacked him wiih COO men. He had 1100 men and 2 privateers. We entirely routed his whole force, killed half of hi9 men, and made the ret prisoner?. Sanla Anna himself and all his principal officers are our prisoners THOS. J. RUSK , Secy, of War. STEAM BOAT ACCIDENT. The steamboat Monioe was run into

and sunk by the Philadelphia, on W ed- counted their notes at the moderate rate nesday night last. When the accident of five per cent. He subsequently dishappenedshe was about twenty miles be j posed o ihese same funds to individuals nw Wheeling, bound down the river. iwho wished to make remittances to the She su .reeded in getting to tiie shore east ward, at a premium of two percent ;

before she w ent down she had on board, between 4 and 500.000 dollars worth ot dry goods all damaged; no lives !ot Report says the ollicers of the Monroej j were in the lault that the' captain said he took the Philadelphia lor! a raft (ill it was too late to shun her ; It seems that in his estimation there was

$1 1,416 42no hnimifi running down a raft and eac-

tificing tha lives on board. tians'cilh Junrnal. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. From he JS'ex York Evening Star Manhattan Rank The capital of the Manhattan Hank is two millions and tif:y thousand dollars; of this, over six hundred thousand dollais belongs to ihe family of an English nobleman. We hate not the returns before us; and if we are in ei i or, the cashier, w ho holds the pow - ; er ol attorney, can correct u. Thisj tar.k held on lepoite on ttie first of Feb-' inary last, three millions sixty-seven thousand dollar of the Pkotlk's money, whirh i leo-nl interect nrniincca iivn I m n - eei ve lhi is besides the interest which ar out of his ow n capital in veted in the bank. This m i he gialuity or bonu, which the Administration gives hitn to relieve themseh es f-om the neces poor. Do the political adventurers who now inle and are fast ruining the country, fear to disseminate tlie eeeris of iiractica !

(education, lest it should ripen ioto a har- icpiiet. and ordered the post-bov to dnve' - ve9( nf intelligence, to terminate in their!0"- The humble supplications of the 1

don nfall ? (highwayman were answered wilh "be ; The old theory of despotism is put into j easy , 1 wont hurt you.'" Still the con',f 'Hairf 0'erat'",n ' erty- ce stride,, robber kept pleading, .ill to render men slaves, you must keen'a. lengtu the chaue reached .he Cap. ans

ithem in ignoiance,- better give the public ! lodgings, when he handed the fel'ow cutj Imoney to English lords than disiuib thef his coach, walked him up to hi gar-j l'ev1de with too much knowlekge. j ret, and locked them'tlvcs in He ihtnj ; ! took oT hit own oat and sid, -Nw sir.; SCAUCITY OF MONEY. jl neither mean to hang ye nor hurt e, Fit!

I ne i . l oi K 3tar states that money in that city is now orth three per cent per montii on ihe best commercial itaper So much for Jackson and hi reform! Cin Whig. " . The prospect of General Harrison are brightening every day. Wherever his ft lends have broken ground manfully and openly, fie is leading his opponents. - Great changes aie taking place in the in- ' terior cf -he State of New York. We hear individuals named who have been strong Jacksonmen, and are influential in their respective towns whose support will hereafter hp 0ven to the Gene i a I. An ardent wish is enter tained on the part of the people to see ami shake hands him, and we know no reason why rne executive committee ot this citv or N. York should not invite him to visit the State in the course of Ihe summer. Mr. Van Ibiren m.-ikea un annual (our a monopoimrH rronies, and we do not see v hy General Hariison should not visit his Inenns on Iheir invitation, Itislobe hoped that something may be done in relation to this bill ject immediately. ' Jllbany Dai. Jidv . In Ihe Cily council of New Yurt a preamble and resolution have been prej sented by Alderman Stil well , in favor of ine hi Know leugemeiu oi uie inuepeuuerice ol Texas. Tkn e, cmu T,.,ar hoc... i .. ucwi) . ... . .a.-...j - sueu oiners io ine let-cucis ji nic eminent lands and to the pets, to lake no notes which cannot be cashed, in New Yoik, Philadelphia and Lialiimore, by drafts, whithin thirty day. Glorious times for Ihe brokers to shave these drafts. Whitney will be rich enough to retiie from the management of the Treasury with Gen. Jackson, Alter July next, no Bank note under (en dollars will be received in payment, ol land. A correspondent mentions that some years ago, when the currency of the country was shockingly deranged, he saw in every square o likes with this written over the doors: "Uncunent hank ootes discounted at Ihe lowest rates.'' The bank of the United States brought our money concerns into such a sound condi tion that these omioioui signs disappeared, r wera very iparie. They have, heir-

ever, been rising sgain in their former.""

abundance; and he considers this to le certain pioof of the fall of the currency into the disastrous state from which it was recovered hy the Rank. National Gazette. From the JS'e-ji York Gazelle A friend has informed us of the following fac's, which were communicated to him by a gentleman just arrived in this city from the West. They dis-lne ibe disgraceful conduct of a Government agent, which calls for investigation by Congress. At a recent sale of public lands the purchasers came prepared to pay in bills of the Rank ot the United Slate?, which they had brought with them

inr ftiat nnrnnep. Aflprlhe Halt., theee'.tv. Heine determined to !evote 1, is entire at-

.11 .1 i . i . .i ..,1 ir rw. . ,v, .. 1 I ... were relived by the agent, who stated that he had received orders to that effect from Washington. In this dilemma, the purchasers accepted the fitndhj offices of the agent himself, who very kindly disithus realizing by the transaction, as he (himself acknowledged, the handsome sunt of sixty thousand dollars. post office p.ohbery . Two nt ihe Clerks in ibe Post Otfice a t Columbia, S. C. have been arrested on a charge of having purloined money Irom the Mails made up at Columbia and passed through that office for Charleston jTheir ttial h to take place in Noverrnext. Cotrt Favor. The Montreal Gazette speaking of the lack of energy and firm ness In the administration of the criminal law in Lower Canada, s-ys that it We quires more personal interest at court t( get hanged than to be appointed to o!W.v Perhaps they have a Chichester gmg in Montreal . The vignette on the Van Ruren ticket, at '.he late charter election in Cincinnati, Ohio, had engraved on ihern the figure ot a Chinese l"i&. with the feriieel motto colore and stuck to the " ld Fox.' Cincinnati H'lii?. Anecdote of t'ie late bir Fdrrtond 'anle.. Wber a mine man, I ravelling in a 11 lat cnaise up snooier s mil. a highwayman rode up presented a pistol jt ,he win .bMiDon't. then a verv altdetic iu an, seized the lufFi m, fis!ed ih? pi-tol honi bun jdrngged him through the window, anii ! p'a' ed him beside bun, desired him to sit J"' g've ye a oioin oi a naiing, wnuri jafter having accompli-hr.l. be open, d the jdoor, bade the robber be oil', nod ihe ncx; j time he stopped a coach in ta p at . he w m idow and ak if Pat Nagle was ut-ide. be ihe ventured to poke his pistol into it. Election .JlcUcc. FOU Si I Ell IFF. ZACHAIJIAH PULL I AM WILLIAM SCOTT FOU SENATE. SAMUEL JUDUL FOR SENATE, ILLINOIS. JOHN C. II ILL Y, SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. WILLIAM K. Met Ollf) WHOLESALE Rl titvSait. , NATHANIEL lM.ICn. yyTrKC'IT ULLY informs the eiti-ns of Vincennes and its vicinity, that he bases Ublll.e.l himself in this 1hcc. ,, ,hur s,v" 1 C. ri.rW ll,.l ... I... . . . . -'""i""iij on iiuiiu a large asnrf rnent ol ........! I l i . 1 IBoots & Shoes, of every description, of Ihe verv best quality which he will sHI low for cah ".M.-rcIiants air particularly leqiiesltd to call mid cxM.nine for themselves . li. A few cases of Mats, will be so'd cueap. Vincennes, May 11th, 1836 50-3t HORSE BILLS NEATLY, AND EXPEDITIOUSLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE.

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BLANK DEEDS, ALWAYS FOR SALE AT THIS OFflCE.

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Grocery, Commission and Fortvavdinz LOUISVILLE, KY. rot STV' K subscriber has opened on Market-St. nearly opposite the BUik, where lie ti is ion hand a well selected assortment of LIQUORS, &C. which be is determined to fell, to punctual jnicn, cheaper than Ihey can be had in this ci- " . . . .. . i 1 I 1 I. t'. li Mention in imp r oic v f?s, ne i opes mi oiu lei customers and others, will call on him. ON HAND, JUST IMPORTED f2" li(ehoads New Orlcant suar 0 bne- Havami ;5 I)hi re ! b.Bf 75 bap coffee 2(i" keu nnil? loo txisei ni'iiilil and dipt candles (,l bnt sperm 7- tihl New Vork Brandy, 4h proif 50 " do do i!J do 4) " fliii'17 'ill half pipes champaign and cogniac bra nd v f pipes pure Holland gin 20 barrels 15'dtimore ;iii .7 " dome-t ic iri'i 1 " New Lufland roro "0 " .Ww Oi leans mm 3 pipes old Jamah ;i rmu 140 p". casks Mndina, 'I'l'iieriiTe, Gldrwt iifiry, Sicily, and MaiJeria Mines 10 dcz boxes (1 doz each) old Maderi ('evb)ii bra rid 100 kc oj'ti rs 3'' i;r c.;i-k' seet Mal.ica l c 00 hoses claret witic '20 " muscat lo 20 w lemon syrup 1 j " norfed cordials '2 pipes eond port wmt; ic ;iiii powder tea 60 linrri Is H Jh ! hlid corr! h 0 b irreis aliioi and saltpetre 2 ki ep-DiO 'all '2 'k irii''-r raij; iul grutinl 1 " Il0l.'3 2 ceroon. indigo 1 hos-head inrtddcr 20 ert-.k' cheeso 1 2 " bo xe r;i isin s V l r!i n ins li j, s K") In xts Hosfon cOB) 0 ba les almond j '2 " tilbert 10o boxe Scotch berrinf boxes ehorol.tte 10 " nm-liiiil 5 einpt demijohn 4" barrrls old re wliikpy lOO " dried apples ;;0 k'; , iv r;il 5J h:uTd. good porter b1 hoe I ih:u.co, ;issorteJ Nos. I' bnrrel aicohrd 10 ' peppermint cordial '2 b.!s, tHl.le s,dt i'O baskets ch;i mpaicne wine Ho? ainted bin kets 8 by 10 "lass . J boxes 8 by 10 60 10 by 12 40 " tumble Mo boxe 250i melee i uinrs to reams n rRppiio' pHpcr 50 " can " 5 cans pine anple cheo5. F B. T1LLAV. I.oui.viij,., Aprd 15, IttSO 4'.'-Giii INDUN l't)!d INDIANA. I E. Jordan fei rj A'I'KLY from rennlvriia, resc"tf7,Wy iLJ inioniis Hm public tit be has t.yken tli Irii ge mid en n i in od jo i! bi ii k buddies, on Wash . stn rt , oopo-ite (be 'out I Moii.se. (reecnll v nc-jCUi-ied as a t.ivern. hy Mr John Hitler.) !er ; 1 1 : v I r i sicired no o:iin ill fi'lin!: it up a ;i I oiijs Me 1 1 1 p;i red t o hceo in in i n ! 1 1 e t r,i e. ler--, in a style not inferior to I but of nny boii-'e in (ii State. Me llieliore respeeliully solii;is a sh;ire of ptibln; ;itron:i2re, uhic'i he hopes t' merit iy bi asi iiious endeavors to ami rt-rn! jr comfoi t,i ble ihose who may bo pleased to patronise him . Mis sial.liri" is good, well furnisbed, and care fully ullended . liidinmipolis, April 20, lS3rt 49-3t Bacon for sa! ? V E W 7 I,,. ' w iil.r.l.KR Si B Al LEY . Vincennes, Mhv 7th, W.-liS 40-if ,. l.N kenhaira Salt, first ..li. IV, for s tie by V MKI IJJt IJAILEY. Vincennes, May 7ili , I'd.G i'J-tf &$&h kegs Tur, for s-de bw Wj WHEEL Lit k H.' A I LEV. V iiicenn?, May Ttb. lt'.J" 4i-t( Trr r-TT t HY THE n, k. i wi m ri "THIE stihsrriher has constantly on J ami 41 vhiMti-y by tlo- harr-1, of "d quality for L 111 Of I I .. .. .. ..I. .. 1 ll . ' 1 " . I . . . ' 1 l,r,ce l u,c"!"" r rtlLrtll. E. BltOWjt. Ciroccr. Vincennes, May .5(1, 183G 40-tf Teacher Wanted. , man of e,, nioral character, with oth.r sintablequaldicatiorto conduct a com S ?" V ,'',in i! ,',li:i,e ''"Mdovment f.t the new school ,,Me near A. iWinW three miles sonth-east of V,ncenes, by nlyl Wjrint. ' SCtl' ,IenrJ Da"-k". "eur Vincennes, May 2d, lS36-49-3t PvAGS! HAGS! KAGS! All who have rags to save, prepare t. -avelhem now. Two and a half cent. tr pound, ,n cash, or three cenls ia win Deg.ven for any quantity ' clean men nr mn..n 1 . . rags dcliveied at

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