Vincennes Gazette, Volume 9, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 2 May 1840 — Page 2

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Satvkuav, 31 a v C', IS 10. TAc Union cf the Wkigs fr the sake of the Union" NOMINATION BY THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION. FOR PRESIDENT. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT. JOHN TYLER OF VIRGINIA. rOXE TERM. Mr. Pttnmos, of Ohio, tatei in the Convention, that it was the wish of General Hafiiisox, if elected to the Presidency, to serve only ONE TERM. TRUE WHIG DOCTRINE. " One Presi dential Term the Integrity of the Public sertants the safety cf the Public Money mid the general good of the Pej?le"Gcv. Bsrbour. Toil GOVERNOR, $aimc! of Rush County EOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Sasill!-! E2:i!3, of Gibson County. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. SENATORIAL, JON ATHAN ! CAKTY, of Fayette JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. nErHESENTATIVE, lit Dii'trLt. joiis w. patxk, of Harrison. 2 J c!o. 41 d.i. 4 th ilo. 5th J. Cth Jo. 7th o.i. f. w. TKiiMPSov, of Lawrence. josf.im L. wiiiTF., of Jefferson. A:ts ii. chavens, of Ripley. ca:i:3 b. smitm, of Fayette. wt. nr.aop, of Uarthol omew. het.t s. lank, of Montgomery. For Representative, For Sheriff. For Recorder, Fur county Commission' r. We are authorized to say that Elijah Thorn is a candidate for Shcridf at the August election. We are authorized to say that William CUik, a cripple, is a candidate for Recorder a; the ensuing August election. We are authorized to announce David Mc' Henry as a candidate for l&'corder at the curaing euction. We are authorized to announce Zach ariah Pulliam as a candidote f t Recorder at t!) next election. TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. Djnning is at all times vy unpleasant task, and we alwrus do ii.,r?iuctaniiy ; it is the r.u.-t onerous and -tHankJess task of an Editor. Now Mr., if you owe us for oh? or more years subscription to our paper, think of the "pain of mind which yon :ive us by neglecting to pay up, and suffering yourself to be dunned for the amount of three or four or posihly ten dollars. These accoun's are v; rv small in themselves, but in the nggr?g p.e, they would, if paid pp, assist us very much in enlarging and improving our paper, which we desigo dob g at the commencement of the next volume. Those who fail to pay the money due, or settle by note.jvill be entered on our black book. There was a fire in New York on Wec!i.( sjay last, which destroyed six or trght buildings, arrung them was a locoloco Match f eti ry, which exploded and killed several persons. A". J'. ILrald. Wre hope tho explosion of the factory a Washington ciiy on t.'ie 1th of March next will not he so fatal, though we have no doubt.it will "throw them iito jits."" Mr. Bigger, the Whig Candidate for Governor, addressed the citizens of this place on Wednesday last. He gave a Laardy and clear exposition of his view-9, on the subject of internal improvements and other subjects of importance to the citizens of the State, and in conclusion! showed from the proceedings of the loco fco convention held at Indianapolis which nominated Tighlman A. Howard for Governor, that the locofocos intended to j -.1 .. ; i .it . I ihcviand majority There is a dirty loco frco paper pubJtshcd at Wras!iington, Daviess county, la. j.tir, ortinff lo be edited bv a Mr. J. Young, the third number of which contains almost five columns of matter com piled from various sources, and these sources are the def.Vrent and in liferent mental qualifications of the locofoco party in thf: United States to misquote and falsify thd writings of purer mea than themselves. This stme J. Young makes ?. quotation from the Vincennes Gazette as editorial, which appeared last summer in thin papery and winch he very well knows was not written by the editor of the Gazette, and that the principles as set forth in the article are repudiated by the whole whig part', as well as the editor lo whom lie Ascribes it. We believe the conversation which he says he had with a whig in a neighboring town at that time is entirely false, or like his quotations, are misstatements. This cowardly catspaw f. Young, was at the time hn refers to, a Journey ma;i printer, and a very indiffer-

entcne too, -at the office of the Western Sun in this place, and we believe, set up an article which appeared in that paper written bv a v!'.ir who disclaimed tin doctrines which he ascribed t ) the whig party. We now mm him over to our friend Smydth of the Hairisonian, whose

ate chastisement he (Young) bore with so much christian philosophy, with the request that when he whips him again, he will stop before he cries murder. Mr. J. Younj of the Ja-kson Demo crat, some of his brethren think, is the wisest man now living, except a loco fo co rectifier of whiskey in Louisville, Ky. who, we understand, professes the art o converting corn whiskey into first rate eogmac brandy. "Straws show ivhich icau the wind blows.'' The following vote was taken at the Vincennes Female Academy on the 1st day May. for "Q if en of May. 1 Mr. Stout calls it dictation, he of course will acknowledge himself as being under petticoat government Vote for queen of May at the May par tv, given to the scholars of the Vincennes Female Acadnmy, May 1st, 184 For Miss Decker. Harr son 22 votes For Mies Brokaw, V. Buren 11 In former days, in the days of the elder Adams, th; federal principles as advanced at that period, wera known to be advocated by those who favored the concentration and perpetuation of power in the Executive. It will be seen by the following report from the Secretary cf War, submitted at the opening of the last session of Congress, that he, as well as the President of the United States in his last Message advance the same principles, and recommend the adoption of the "plan submitted by that officer for the organization of the milida of (he. United Stu'es.'', We ap pend both of thosa documents, beginning with Mr. Secretary Woodbury and next Gen. Van BurcnV acquiescence in it. . SECRETARY OF WAR'S REPORT. It is in those words, "It is proposed to divide the United Stales into tight r.iiiitarv districts, and to organize thu militia in each district, so as to have a body of twelve thousand live hundred men in active service, and another of equal number as a reserve. This would give an armed militia force of two hundred thousand men, so drilled and stationed as to be ready to take their places in tho raiiks in defence of the country, when eter called upon to oppose the Vnemy or repel the invader. The nge of the tecruit t Jbe from 2 J to 37; the whole term of service to be eight years four years in the first class, and four in the reserve, on? fourth parttwrnty-ii ve thousand men, to leave t!io-s"erv ice every year, pussii;g, at the conclusion of the first term in to die reserve, and exempted from ordinarv mili'ia dj'v altogether at the end the second. In this manner, twenty-five thousand men will bo discharged from military duty every year, and twenty five thousand fresh recruits be received into the servic-"1. It will be sufficient for all useful purposes, that the remainder of the militia, under certain regulations provided for their government, be enroled and be mustered at long and stated intervals; for; in due process of lime, nearly the whole mass of the militia will pas through the fast and second -l-f-:-t a!U; 'ue ej.her members of ihe active corp?, or of ths reserve, or counted among the exempts who will bs liable to be called upon only in periods of invasion or imminent peril. The manner of enrollment, the number of days of service, and of the compensation ought to be fixed by law; but the details ha l better be left subject to regulation a plan of which I am prepared to submit to you." "The present condition of the defences of our principal seaports and. rrSvy yards, as represenied oy the accompanying report of the Secretary of War, calls for ihe early and serious attention of Oontrress, and as connecting itself intimately with this subject, I cannot recommend too strongly to your consideration the nlan l submitted by that officer for the organization of the militia of the United States." . I V donv the following remarks on thi subject, from the Missouri Rppub!icp,n j which are as true as "proof from Aoy , J l re'' ho- :. ) I- . ? -v - t r;r' not receive five dollars a year, as completely the slave of the party and laboring as assiduously to promote its measures as the Post Masters who receive as many hundreds per day.Th ere is a pride of office which is more potent upon ambitious minds than money. When we see the way office operates upon all the little petty officers in the country, can we doubt that every officer, from the General down to the DruinnuT. will be controlled in like manner, and knowing as they will, that their bread, their pay and iheifcstation, depend on their support of the President and his meas-ures, they will support him, be he right or wrong. REMEMBER THESE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN ARE VO TERS! They are a disposable force, not only for fighting, but for voting!! By these twenty thousand officers they will be -drilled,' not only to fight, but also to vote as the President and his party wishes. It the President c'eclares that he wiohes to pass a certain measure, thd order passeimmediately through the whole line of officers and dependants, and either by per

suasion or by force, the private soldier will

ie forced to vote as his officers direct. Jvery man who knows the discipline ol he regular army, and these are to he tims lisciplined, knows the absolute power the tfieer exercises over the private. It tie is bold and independent, then? are numer ous means of annoying him nd lorciug dm into measures, and there are nr.ny ways to tempt and seduce him from his independence. J he ouicers will be ee' duced and bribed by their stations and emoluments; the private will be bought by indulgences, or forced by additional exactions. Missouri Republican. There has not been perhaps, since the contest between Thomas Jefferson a!1Li Aaion Burr in 1801, so much political ex citement as at the present time. The par ties are arrayed in all the habduncnts ol political warfaie. The forty thousand or moie of the officers of the General Government, with numberless dependants, such as Deputies, assistant Postmasters, clerks of the Post Offices, clerks of the Custom Houses, clerks of Receivers Offices, and a galaxy o' lesser lights, such as Mail contractors, Stage drivers fce. &c. on one eide, and the "Hard Cider ct,:;g Cabin" men on ihe other. The Loj.o Focoj when they are in the majority, go uie "whole nog m tneir nominations, even so low as Supervisors, Fci.c viewers, and Constables. Now, their one hundred thousand office holders and their dependants -c. will find themselves as badly beaten in the coming campaign, a? was Napoleon's army on his retreat from Moscow. The "Fog Cabin boys" wiii light among them like the clouds of Cossack which hovered around the retreating army of that ambitious man. These remarks were called forth by reading the following tribute of praise to our fellow townsman Samuel Judah. Eso. the - - A nominee of the Whig convention held at this place on the 11th inst, and copied fiom that spirited paper the Spirit of (3. published ?t Indianapolis, We go foi ail the nominees, and every true blue H.trrison man is expected to do the sarpe. Ours is a holy chus?, and the language of inspiration, says that "he who 13 not for me is against m." Let every Harrison man vote the Harrison ticket, thionghout. "Samcee J I'd ah , the talented and feariess represen'.a'ive fr-m that conr.tv at the last session, was nominated for re-election, and in this choice Old Knox has done no less honor to herself than justice to tho nominee. With untiring zeal and unshrinking firmness he stood amongst the first of that noble band of thirty-seven, who contended last winter against the high handed measures of the Van Buren majority, and in a masterly style did he expose the corruptions of the loco fuo leaders. In the columns ol tneir own last sumn.;fr. orgin he was pronounced. oflas the moM talented n)ccnbr of vious legislature, and as one who should. by all mean, be elected Speaker, : a candidate. These admitted talents wete exerted last summer in a way not so agreeable to Van Buren federalism, and iirste'ad thereof of further compliment from that timirpp hp can nnlv pxoect th3 most i.n - j --r-- ... i .'-v r I - t t just denunciation, vi n;s eicctu - r t can be no doubt. Wore falsehcais nailed to ths ccuniar, ''Queries. Does not Gen. Harrison pay an ad vatJ.emtiX oi upwards ol o;vi hundred dollars on his real estate in Vrii-' cennes? Does he not own some twelve hundred acres of land opposite Vincr;v nrs, on the other si !e of th river? Pitv if we caa'l find something for this pjr man, as the whigs call him. who has had only one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of the public money! Another query: If this is the way he nrTa-gT?" his own concerns, is he a fit person to manage the people's?" The above queries appeared in a late number of the U abash Enquirer, which drew out the correspondence, which i annexed. We have lately seen simiLr. ( r raler more barefaced assertions copied fromthe New Era, it was this: "Gen. Marnson nas a splendid mansion aud r. r. i i t n f . , i uiietn nunurea acres oi nri late land attached, worth $200,030 situated at t ie confluence of tiie Wabash and Ohio rvers, and only two hours ride from ;e Uapi:al of Ohio." The Wabash edi oi uar,n? IO """" u,e gograpntcai n - ' ' .K- t r w!S!t it r r; v mj ni i tkl. IIOHI V fc . i . your attention to the following queries which appeared in the Terre-Haute flnquiier, which wero evidently tlesigneoto convey to the mind of every reader the impression that General Harrison is Immensely wealthy, and that his property at Vincennes alone, would afford him a competency through life. You will please inform me whether any o?ie ofall of those assertions of the Wabash inquirer, are true or false. 1 he article alluded to, is herewith enclosed. Very respectfully, "WM. DAVIS, Corresponding Secretary of tha Viu. cennes Tippecanoe Club. April 27, IS-I0. Mr. Wm. Davis Sir: In reply to the interroaatori. r O j in . vuur note oi tne 'JTth, I have to infrrm vou that the "indirect assertions" conatned in the article which you enclosed to me are unaua ihpi v ;n,,. i. true p, l.iat Uen Harrison has some prop, y in the addition to Vincennes, which j ""nan, l is erty

'"" - - is of no profit to him, but a direct com-

parative tax upon him of something like!af(er a sharply contested election, wheresixty dollars per annum. lie does not at lhere ie greal rejoicing. !

uniiuuo nucui iaiiu "opposite vincennes,' nor indeed in any part of Illinois, that I know of. Yours, respecifull. II. DECKER. "April IS, 1510. The Indiana Democrat of the 22d contains the substance of the New Era arti cle, leaving out the locality as stated by ! the iew t,ra. Now we conscientiously believe, that if one truthful thought should flit across the mind of the editor f f the Democrat, 'twould kill him as quick as would a flash of lightning. We eopj' the following gratifying an nouncement from the Sangamon Journal, and we cannot refrain from giving three cheers for the Capital of Illinois: "? gun from the Capital! On Monday an election was held in this City, under the new City Charter, f r Mayor and four Aldermen. The result is as follows: FOR MAYOR. Harrison. Van Buren. B. S. Clement. Win. Carpenter. Is; ward 2d do. 3d do. 4th do. 49 70 CI t 30 245 11 Majoritv for Clement 61. FOR ALDERMEN. 1st ward James R. Gray 59; Geo G. Grubb 3 1. 2d ward Joseph Kleine 02; Jame3 Adorns 58. 3d ward Washington lies 93 cattering 2. 4th ward William Prentiss 90; scattering 2. 5C7"The Mayor and all the Aldermen are Harrison men a clean sweev!" TOR THE VINCENNES GAZETTE. The motto adopted by the Whig meeting lately convened in this place, that "union ia strength," is one, the truth and efficacy of which have been fully tested in every successful enterprise, whether for the accomplishment of good or evil designs, and it is one peculiarly applicable to the efforts of the Whigs to rescue our beloved country from the" embarrassed condition in which the ruinous po'icy of hf r present rulers has plunged her, in view of the fact that in proportion to the degree of concentration, energy, and union which characterizes our e flirts', will be our success. Will not the vthigs if -Old Knox' lay aside all personal prejudices, a. id r d'y under the standard of Harrison and Tyler, determined to succeed? Will they not discard ail local jealousies, and considerations of minor importance, and engage in the coming contest undr the watchword of victory, resolved to conq.icr? Young Whigs of OrKnoi awake, urou-e the dormant enerripa nf vr.,,minds! Hi - up the latent spark of pa riotism ! . - Wl which may luik in your bosom-! Let the same zeal and patriotic, spirit which actoa-t-d the gallant soldiers of Old Knox at 1 . t';e I ' battle of Tinnceanop. imnd m i i .i . . . . Tjeiinm- uicrr on ine iPJir; nl May. Cannot at least 100 of the delegates appointed, attend on that occasion, to deliberate upon the means to be used to perpetuate the blessings procured by the heroes of the revolution, and defended by our fathers under the gallant Harrison? Let the young men of Knox co. maka it their special business as far as practicable to meet the delegates fiom other counties, and evince to them, and to our opponent', and to the United States, that "Old Knox" is stiil true to her imprests. We h' pe and we confidently expect, that she will be as faithfullv I tit tliat

consecrated place, where rest the remain ,u un . i r r u ... . line v l;tg ni;i only increased from 10 to of some as brave men as ever wields a'ji rro.on ,i t i iii i , ,41. 1 renton a large! v increaseil n.iiorisword or snouldered a musket, as she was ,,. r, u-i : i '. n J u

on that memorable morning of the bat-1

tie oi I ippecanop. If a loco foco shop h c , . . , j . i , r i i - i i . Somerset county is sound to t ip core Rtray from his domici!, on the '-9th cf i- i r , u , , . . lour townships out o seven and part ol M-y, and come anywhete within ten , ,i r ,t ' i i i , i . r .1 t'i u.i .".another for the "hard cider" cmdidates. miles ol the I ippecanoe bait e groum , .n T ... , , . I.- ,. pi 1 u t . r J ,ie Jprsev Bines will do glorious tie will hear such a shout fnm ,u . i .i -t- r .. ,i .! - - i - , battle under the I ippecanoo 11 a" next fall. trip warm pntniii9ii -ini r.ni,.., ' o

........ . ...v, 'Ull IllliU hearts of the young whigs, as will cause his knees to knock together as did Belshazzars; and as this same shout revibe rates through the forest, and rebopnds .rom niiiiomii, ana im,,, valley to valley, warnoiir urnii V i,i Ol liar to . I jtnat wioch alarmed the aforc-aid aid rnonarcii. v I 11 V I SI A SI ! ! ! C.UCT WHIG VICTORY IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. A Whig Mayor elected, and I wo-thirds of the Common Council Whig. The charter election in this city took place on Tuesday 14th inst., the Whigs succeeding in the election of their candidate for Mayor, and six out of the nine Aldermen. Whig majority for Mavor 187. THE 15 ALL IN MOTION. Well done Michigan City. The Whigs have carried their entire lieket for Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Treasurer, Assessor, Collector and Constable. A most animated contest was had, and loco foeoism is prostrate. A GUN FROM MAINE. Portland. The municipal election took place on the 6rh inst. The two Whig candidates for Mayor received 1000 votes, the loco foco candidate received 702. No choice. All tho Whig candidates are elected in six out of seven wards. A GUN FROM LOUISIANA! A 0 Orleans. From Maine to Louisiana, the Harrison cause works well.

: . - Iew Orleans has elected a Whig Mayor

GOOD! I Svuthwak. Philadelphia. The regularly nominated loco foco ticket for commissioners is defeated for the first time in many jears. lajoruv , BETTER!! Mobile, .,'aflma. A great tnumpn of the Whigs has taken place in Mobile. i -- ii i lovernment Coreclor ano The U. S. G Pension Agent exerted all their influence against tiie people, but tiie latter were detvnninpd tn "do their own voting." and accordingly elected Ed vaid Hal', Mayor; a Whig Council, and a majority of Whig ldetmcir.! Old Tip fights well in the South. BEST!!! The mrjorily for the Whijs in tho late State election in Connecticut h ascertained to be 157 1. .dnd still they conu! tw1w t'MW n.vIT-iv- lf N.L.VV 1 UliiV IUIW 1 IVJO. Thunder from Old Saratoga! The Whigs have elected their ticket by an inprpas,f(l rminrilv nf 4 1. firfenbltsh. tl.e , Je ,' c ii , Gibrdtcr of loco toco;sm. viehhng' , cr r .1 ivr' i , 1 hree out ot u.'ur uf t!ie h:g caiuhuates r i i t r for town otnctrs elected. Lo.;o loco ina - jority last fall 177. Jthica. Last year loco foco majority ! W hig innjonty now 82. Groton. W hig supervisors eh-ctec Fuughkeepsit aiid New ,,,1 ourgii. right by increased mrijorities. uc .( en cli uu y , nLi- i ill hf. vreeu-i wuri, unnviiii!, cvmcuse, aim tne .Long Island towns of Williamsburgh, Bu-h-wick, and Graves.-nd, are all right side up. Geneva, Whig majority increased 42. Dryden, last year h.eo f.-co, nowWhig by 70 majority. Ulster county. The Whigs are triumphant in the town of Kingston, Woodstock, Olivp, Eusopu?, Hurley, Marlboro, Platlckiil, being seven out of twphe. Ontario county is good for 1500 Whig majority next fall. The towns of Canandaigua, Manchester, Groham, South B'istol and North Urinol have chosen the Harrison ticket by a majority of 300, being a gain in the aggregnte of 155 votes. In PiiLlps the Whig gain is 55. No op. position in Farmingtown. nor i:i East and West Bioomiieid. Richmond ii also safe. Further from J Yashin g'o.i con tfy. Easlon, Whig by ISO in; joritv. Hartford, a W hig gain of 10. All right in Jlrgyle. In Fort Edward Cen're, 17 out of 23 officers elected are Wings. Tiie lo( os polled exact y the same number of votes as last fdl, 131, while tne Whbj vole is increased 4, being S7. Livingston county. For the fir.-t time the whole Whig ticket was triumphant in Leicester by an average majority of 90. This was one nf the Gibralters of federal Van Bureni-m. Ml. Morris, Whig majority 18G g-iin sine; la-t fail 111. Westclicstcr county. The Harrison ticket lias carried the towns of Cnrthuult. Yorktown, Homer, North Salem. South Salem, and Bedford, by 200 in -joritv Rye by 22 majority, where tl.e Lho last fill had "3 Mamaroneek and North Castle. l :tl ci i .i Cayuga county. The whigshave car.ii .1 . ....i i ,. oi : vr.oi' ii'm. ' no j 1 1 ur, 1 . Th3 proscribed statu speaks louder than ever! The returns from ihe township elections in the eastern, northern and middle counties are moH cheering. i JJfinsuick, whold Whig ticket elected bv 110 majoritv. In Wordhr'uh'e the majority is largely increase d. In Pis.-at-away and South Brunswick, the Whigs have swept the board for the first time in many years. In Middlesex county, live Ollt 111 S('V:'n ln'l'lilnns li-ivo Iww.n i, .r v...... i.t' v- HUM. Hill ...'I ... Aar n.-, i, w -.1 , Zl Vrom tliu New I'aven P.-i'.iauium. Orifjia of the names of ths several Unite 1 States. Jfuine wa sc ca,ed as ea,,v a, froIU Maine in Franca, of which Henri - thai wme ropriinr. (w Jiu npMttrc was the name given to . - .' --- .i.- p.j. cuiii p an uj - o j c John M; l ;jason, by patent, iov. itn.Ji.JJ. with reh-rence to the tf.U'jntCP, Who w.t3 Governor f Ports!ti. i . 1 1 i'i f li!'i rv i v '. . -. v - -n ; : motuli, in Hampshire, England. Vermont was so called by the inhab-' Hants in their Declaration oi Indcnpn-.' inucpen-,

dence, Jin Hi, 1777, from French tcrdX'' Gabbell has given a loco f,

mow, green mountain. MaseachufiCtts was so called from Massachusett's Bay, and that from the Massachusetts tribe of Indians in the neighborhood of Bo-to i. The irp.e is ' thought to have derived its name from ihe Blue Hill of Milton. "I had leurnt," says Roger William', "that Massachusetts was so called from the Blue Hills." Rhode Island was so called in IGil, in referance to the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediteranean. Connecticut was go called from the Indian name of its principal river. Connecticut is a Moheakaneew word, sinifs-inc long river. New York was so called in IGGL in reference to the Duke of Y'ork and Albany, to whom this territory was granted by the Khig of England. " New Jersey was;so called in 1 6 5 1, from tha Island of Jersey, on the coait 0f France, the residence of the family 0f

T. f, Carteret, to whom this ternD,r

, t.am-a w penn. as so called 1C81, if. T1 r.ii-ri rl WAS SO called in Horn Delaware Bay. on which it lies, and rece;vej its name from Lord De y.ir w;-0 Jjtd in this bay. -jan,JUlUl was o called in nonur u Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles 1., lni , . ,ent t0 i,ord Baltimore, Juno 30th, ..J, .- J'jr&i 'irinia was so called in 158!, af.cr Ei.pj, x)e virgin queen of England Carolina w.-.s bo called by the Fren' h in l.V.M, in honor of King (hcr.es IA.. cf France. Georgia was so railed in I 32, in honor of King Gi orge II. Alabama was so called in 1817, from its principal river. Mississippi wis so called in '3 0, from its western boundary. Mississippi h said to derotjtl.e whi le river, i. c. the river finned by the union of many. L juisicota wls so CalU d in honor cf Louis XIV., of Frai ce. I Tennessee was so cidied in I'D", froia ... t I its prtnctpa! river. . ' ,. 1 , .. i nrpr I pii-nuec IS fix:;! 1 J ' tignily a carved spoon. , -J , t . ' J-cnluckiJ was cal i. , . led in 1 7P2, frr i'.i its principal rivtr. ! .';. 1 ,1 ll-vI SO CA f'l lil I A) i .li'CIIl ' . . . IK to .piiucipal rnvr. i ne v. oiu :s fua i . . r . e .. . . . . . . : . : I igniiv lie river if men. Indiana was j-o called in fr; m il'.e American Indian. t ri. : . . tt ..' !" C,.. Southern boundary. Mi.ise ini was so called :n co !n to its principal rivi r. Michigan was so called in IfO.", l ( Til the lake on its border. Arkansas was so cabled in 1S1J. fi.un its pi in.- i pal river. Florida was so called by .htt'.n Pence de Leon in 172, bt can.'e it was discoverrd on EHer Sunday, Florida. in Spanish Pa-a Luluui'.iU was so caiii-d i:; reft r ep.ee Colo inbus. Wisconsin is so called from its prim pal river. .jua is so called f.om its j ri.ieipal ri - :r. Ore Ton ii so cu!!"d rem l'.s pnu.-i. r ; v c r . W ii .on the rwaik (i.iZ., t'.a B;;kj. S. Bullfinch, a journeyman ruler, w.is 3'riilent.iily drowned !r. atu mpiing to cross so.iih fork d" Licking, near Nt-wark. on Fiilav the 3d inst. t!inirrht he w.'. intoxicatid at the It itime. ' nt dh-g iu wa drowii'-d in ci r-c-d a I't'ge carpr t bag bf-irg attache l to p:ii, wntcn preteir.eu :;'in irom rising. Tl i- pci.t.viNCti wis an t. centi ic character; eonsuierahle ol a pt", ;oid tdwav-s out i f a o vt a , his fjuoin coin ! bo.v ragriiPr illv empty, und he tfu t ptt setittd i I'a'lficd tier; He ii eqnfiitly niail oiefs, but si idoui dn'd'ts ()tien thrown e in pi, wi to.ethr r unit p pie to eat. Take him ai.e t as a haul rrrsf. b;il tip- frf of d:"ith na-i squabbled his? matter, ileii'.rg u ! i i f"i m and put a . . period i to his i u nee. Wt; l a 1 hopt.il tli.a he j .'I. UJ lull '. so that he wo:., a j.avc corrfc'ea Uis errors on t urtr. might .have prfscntid a .,' Foreman in th.- ; revisr 'O l ii Su prctnt" i ( f esti rl r'..'c c e Icsti rl o.'c on jpgii, out ins exit wui.i.l not teem to justify such a hepc. J rcy O. J 17u... N j i 1 ! e r thu Prophet, who iias f mud out that the world is to be des'roved in 1 - i'!, and s hunihugging t!ie rredu his in vanmis parts of the country, latelv it ado application to a Mr. Austin. iri Orwill, Vt. for a loan of some money to aid him i t pnb'ishing his book. Mr. Austin offered to furnish tiie sum on condition thul Miller -honld gie him the dei d of a larm which he owns in tho Slate of New York, lo lake t tfi'tt in 1S15 two years after th destruction of thp world, (according to M dler ) Miller refused to do so, thus sho v. -iv. j himself r iilier knave ihn fool. i Springfield Gazette. j ft 1 77" e Virginia Flection. We Lnu leccited f-om Wheeling returns of the election in nine countirg of Virginia Jacksop, Tyler, Wood, Ohir., Marshall, Cabbtll, Brook, Kenawha, atid Fayette. The resnit in O'uo county we irac ! yesterday-no loco foco reposition. Tyltr , W '"!? mjnnty of VI. Woo, jsna.i . . ...' ui j i.C J on nus n"-a v in.)i ihci a iiur.Jred hi ,r r it wi v'dig majority of T. i.,s, -. f "! fnj.,,, ltt'r iU.ccitJw "rook has given a loco foco majority of 1 I i spimg u,e to-o loco ma oritv wa.i joruv oi last year the loco foco ma jority waa L70. It appea.s from these returns, that tl, . utgs, thus far. havp irain.l ,i - . J V- t f i if'i m j it . ' -tv-.lilV( uiit't! infM.i. ' - J oi ii, e icgislature. ;iin t , lat tlllMr fT j- i "i "'"i vuie is immense. This is a r.ooly. ay a glorious Uiiuiinc. We do not choose, however, to indulge in exultations till v vehear from the whole Stain ofV.rgmia. If the Whigs have carried the Old Dominion, the forces of the admini. iraticn throughout ihe country will no doub, ground their arms like the troops of Comwallis on thu field of Yorktown.! I he long and eventf;.! -rire uin hn n, in t in i,.,r .!., : an cud.-Louisvillt Journal. Who prefers being seen to seeinr neither sincere nor humble.

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