Vincennes Gazette, Volume 9, Number 51, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 May 1840 — Page 2

Saturday, May 10, 1810. The Union of the Whigs for 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: (TONE TERM. Mr. Penhleton, of Ohio stated in the Convention, that it was the wish of General Harrison, if elected to the Presidency, to serve only ONE TERM. TRUE WHIG DOCTRINE. " One Presidential Term the Integrity of the Public servants the saftty of the Public Money and the general good of the People. uov. Barbour. FGtt GOVERNOR, 8a 111 ne3 Richer, of Rush County EOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, Samuel 13aE3, of Gibson County. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. SENATORIAL, JONATHAN McCARTY, of Fayette. JOSEPH G. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. REPRESENTATIVE, 1st District, john vr. patne, of Harrison. 2d do. r. w. Thompson, of Lawrence. 3d do. Joseph l. white, of Jefferson. 4 th 5th Cth 7 th do. JAMIS H. CBAVES3, of Ripley. do. Caleb ii. smith, of Fayette, do. wm. herod, of Bartholomew, do. henry s. lane, of Montgomery. For Representative, SATCUFX Jl'DAH. For Sheriff. A11I&A3I SMITH. For Recorder, imcsioi.as hakper. For county Commissioner, Wti.s.sA.ii k k:wy. We are authorized to announce Isaac Mass as a candidate for Coroner, at the ensuing election. We aro authorized to announce John Turcell as a candidate for Sheriff at the approaching August election. The Steamboats Fox, Tuscumbia, Wm Parris, Richmond, Gem and Lilly, are ad vertised to start from Vincsnnes to the Tippecanoe Battle Ground, on the 25th inst. Those living in the interior of the State w'to designed going by land, would do bet ter to go up on one of those Boats. Other Steam Boats will be here at the same time, from Evansvillc, Louisville, Cincin nati, and other point3 on the Ohio River ee "The Whigs make political caj ital out of very small patterns. 1 Fab ash Enquirer. The Editor of the Enquirer is quite a genius in the way of manufacturing politi cal capital. Wonder ifhe l.as yet discovered another "twelve hundred acres of first, rate land on the other side of the River," belonging to Gen. Harrison? The grand jury at the present term of the Vigo Circuit, Court have preferred an indictment against Geo. II. Chapman, Editor of the Wabash Enquirer for perjury. Wo always knew George would i'slrelch the blanket,'1'' but do not believe he would even think of swearing to every assertion he makes. The legislature of New York, by a unanimous vote, lias repealed all laws authorizing imprisonment for debt of nonresidents of the State. t98"" According to our latest news from Virginia the. Whig majority on joint ballot will be ten, with a majority of several thousand in the popular vote of the state. The Whig gain since 183G is 0.C70. Information has just been received of a most painful and disastrous tornado which passed over Natchez, Miss, levelling near ly all the buildings in the town, and sinking one hundred and fifty flat boats. Many persons are supposed to have been buried in the ruins of the town, and in the river by the sinking of the boats. Tricks itpon travellers. Travellers are cautioned against crossing White river at the upper ferry, on the road leading from Evansville to Vincennes, when the river is full, as the ferryman, Mr. Enoch Walt ers, in the overflowing generosity of his heart, eharges only two dollars for one man and horse. Now stranger, it is very, very wrong indeed, to impose yourself upon this poor ferryman, when ymi can cross at the lower ferry for twelve and a half cents. Come Mr. Walters, none of your tricks upon travellers.

A Tippecanoe Club has been formed in Hagerstown, Maryland, consisting of those only who were Van Buren men in 1836. The number at preset is ninetytwo, and there is no doubt that the number will be doubled. i;88iii" We have just received the first number of- the Political Reformer, a loco foco paper, edited by Theophilus Fisk, and published simultaneously at Washington, Richmond and Portsmouth, Va.,with the request of the editor to give it a passing notice in our paper. Mr. Fisk's request

we cheerfully comply with, with the hope that the next number of his little paper (which is well printed on a milium sheet) will contain more truthful matter than the first. If lying would kill the first number of any paper, it is time the epitaph of this triune Van Burcn sheet was writ ten. If it were not still born, it has three souls, and should in common jus tice, be thrice damned for lying. We hope this is a sufficient notice of your paper for the ptesent, Mr. Fisk. We acknowledge the receipt of the Harrison Almanac for 1811, New York, published by J. P. Gifiitig, 56 Gold street. It contains 12 cuts illustrative of some very interesting reminiscences connected with the history of General Harrison, and his achievements as Commander-in-chief of the North YY estern army. It is a most excellent idea, and wc have no boubt that mer chants would confer a double benefit by making a purchase, in advancing the good Whig cause, and profiting by the sale. Wholesale price, four dollars per hundred. The Wabash Enquirer complains about one of its loco foco exchanges for copying from him without crediting the extracts, and threa'ensto expunge his paper from his list. We suppose the editor of whom he complains, thinks Chapman has falsehoods enough at home to account for, and generously takes the responsibility upon himself for those sent abroad. The Locofocos of Fayette county held a convention at Vandalia on the 23th of April for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Legislature, Sheriff, county Commissioners and county Treasurer. Their whole ceremony must have been after the fashion of the council held ai Manhattan when the celebrated Van Zant Presided as chairman, the results of their sittings is thus portrayed in the Knickerbocker History of New York. The council met on the 25ih, and after drinking twelve glasses, and smoking six pipes each on the affairs of the Na tion adjourned. - The Wabash Enquiier, Indiana Demo crat, and Jackson Democrat are eternal ly prating about Federalism, one half of their billingsgate is thrown at the Whigs, charging them with being federalists. Now we advise the trio to send on to Mr. Van Buren before the 1th day of March next, and get out Letters patent of Democracy, or they may never be suspected of ever having been good Democrats after that eventful day. You need not gentlemen take the trouble nor incur the expense of calling at the patent offices, as we have no doubt, that Mr. Van Buren can and will confer the honor upon you, as cheer fully as he dispenses his farors upon G. W. Ewing, as shown in the Ilinev trans action at Laporte, when he took the poor dutchman's land from him that he had bought and paid for, and cultivated it for three years. We have received an annonymous let ter through the Post Office, relative to our neighbor of the Western Sun. The writer thinks it a remarkable instance of absence of mind in our friend Mr. Stout, in forgetting to give the accounts of the Virginia elections. We cannot see any thing remarkable in it at all, for we do not ourselves exult over a fallen foe, then why should we expect the Sun, or any other locofoco to trumpet the rapid de cline of the party. While the whig delegates to the Baltimore convention were moving in proces sion, a crowd of blackguards, and locofoco bullies raised on the top of a pole a petticoat, and attempted to mingle with the delegates, as they moved along,one of the Marshals, a Mr. Laughlin, stepped out to prevent their interference, when they sur rounded him, and struck him down with a bludgeon which deprived him of his life,; and a wife and several children of an affectionate husband and kind father, to whom they looked for support. "lllicn ignorance is Hiss, ', folly to be wise.'" We beg leave to suggest to the editors of the True American at

Paoli the propriety of confining themselves to the truth, when they copy from us; we did not, nor did "General Harrison's agent Doctor Decker," says that under our advalorcm system of taxation, Gen. Harrison paid GO dollars per year "on his properly in and about llncennes.7 Doctor Decker said the General paid a Cdrpo ration, mind a Borovgh tax, vhfeh it very high, on his property, lying ifi the addition to Vincennes, which was of no profit to him. but a drain upon his

nurse, of sixty dollars.- If the editors of the American did not wilfully lie, we would recommend them to read Webster or Walker in order to know the difference between advalorera, and corporation. remember gentlemen, Cicero's advice to the historian; "when thou liest, lie bravely." General Harrison is expected here next week. When he arrives his old friends and acquaintances of Knox will have an opportunity of interchanging civilities with him; every warm heart will respond to the sentiments expressed in the words cf fr.e following ode, and greet his return with as much pleasure as did the young ladies of Trenton on the visit of Washington to their native town. "Welcome aiighty chief! once more Welcome to this grateful shore. Virgins fair, and matrons grave, These thy conquering arm did save, trew, yc fair, his way with flowers, ytrew your hero's way with flowers." On our way to Louisville a few dajs ago, we brought ourself up at the Exchange Hotel at Evansville, kept by Mr. G. W. L. White. The exchange Hotel s of the first order, and though it is said few noblemen are cast from nature's mould, it affords us pleasure to say, that the proproprietor, Mr. White, is one of therh. There will be a meeting of the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society this evening at 4 o'clock, at the office of Messrs Judah & Gibson. Thirty thousand Delegates attended the Vounsr Men's Whig Convention at Baltics o more, on the 4th of May. It was the largest Conventional assemblago by thousands that ever has been known. Painful and Mysterious Circumstance. Sometime about the middle of March last, Mr. Jacob May, of Lawrencevile, Illinois, left that place for the Est, and arrived at Philadephia, and put up at the Red Lion Hotel, in Markpt street, having funds in his possesston in money and drafts to the amount (so says his friends here) of 65,500. He stated incidentally to his acquaintances at Philadelphia, that he would be obliged to go on to New York to negociate his drafts, from thence return to Philadelphia, and attend to his business. The frends and correspondents of Mr. May neither saw nor heard any thing of him, until the arrival of one of his partners, Mr. McLean, who had received the following letter from Mr. May, dated three days after he left Philadelphia. No doubt is entertained by Mr. May's friends in New York, that he has been murdered, and his money stolen: New York, 1st April, 18 10. Dear Jesse, David and Wife:- I "got here on Sunday flight, and did not feel sowell, and Monday I was worse, and was compelled to send for the doctor; and got a man to obtain a house for me almost out of town, (the street is called Charles street,) as the noise in town distracted my brains. The doctor says he don't know wheth er I shall recover or not, and I am fearful myself I shall not. He says he can have me to go about he thinks in twenty days, and if he does I will proceed to Philadelphia, and remain, as I can have some one to call on me, at least those whom I am acquainted with. I am not acquainted with any one here, and they do not take much interest in comforting me. The lady is a good woman, but the rest take no interest in me at all. Yestep day I had my drafts suit to MrvBok, President of the American Fur Company, to be accepted, and told the man to take a receipt for them, and leave it in the Bank of New York, and he went and savs h was not at home and left them, and that I would get the receipt when I came down, , - but I do not like it at all. The man that owns the house told me his name.and says ne win aueno to it rignt, but I am now orry I gave them to him. They all knew I had money, as I could not wear my belt and put it in my trunk, which they opened to get my clothes. I thought the drafts might be accented nnrl ho n uanK, as tney would become due the sooner, but for God s sake come here and see me; if you have any feeling for me, fin r r m a orw! oMvnsI . I, 1 Ivim., auu autuu nj me minis VOUT" sen. i wouiu give me world to see you an uiic iiioiu, uuk uu noi mint l ever snail, wnicn makes me Jeel worse' than death itself, so come soon to see me, one of you, and if I get so that I can go to Philadelphia, I will, as I know some people there. If I do, they will let vou know if any thing happens to me." I shall have my trunk sent to Messrs Bray Barcroft & Co. of Philadelphia, and

have kept account of all that has been done, and will put it into my trunk.

Uh! to think of ray poor little babes, I wish I was dead at once; as the thought maks me feel like it. But I would give the world if it were in my power, to be at home one day or hour. If I never see you again do Dubois and David take care of my family, and do not forget them, as I should never forget you. Do all you can for them and settle my affairs yourselves. Send my father this word, as I can hardly write this. If I can I will write in two or three days again, but I will not promise, I feel so bad, I have been able to be about nearly all the time till now, and I still have my flesh but feel very weak. Do not delay, but come on the spot to me, money is nothing, and if it is, come and have mine and me: I am now done, after two or three attempts to write, and would do more but all is nothing. I feel worse and must quit. 1 am your never forgotten husband and friend forever. JACOB MAY. Five Hundred Dollars Reward. To the Citizens and Police of New York. Mr, Jacob May, of the firms of May &; Dubois, and Dubois, Pain &; Co. Merchants and Millers, of Lawrenceville, Ills., left this city, on Sunday morning March 29th, in the Railroad Cars for New York, having in his possession about $2800 in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio Bank notes, $100 in gold, and S3O0O in drafts on the American Fur Company; and being in a feeble state of health, and an entire stranger, it is feared that he has been decoyed away, murdered and plun dered. In behalf therefore of the above firms, we will give five hundred dollars for the detection and arrest of the sup posed murderers, and the recovery of the said May and funds, or a proportionate amount for any part. Any information can be left with Mr. J. M. McLean, (one of the partners) now at No. 88, Pearl Street House, New York, or with either of us. BRAY, BARCROFT & Co. ALLEN R. REEVES & CO. COO LID GE & WYETH. Philadelphia, April 30th, lw4 We copy the following remarks from the Georgia Messenger, published at Macon. The Editor, S. Rose, Esq., is a Stales Rights man, and thus discourses of a Meeting held by that party in December last at Milledgeville, w'len the following Resolution was passed: "Resolved unanimously as the deliberate opinion of this meeting that neither William Henry Harrison nor Martin Van Buren is entitled to the votes of the State Rights party of Georgia." "At the time when that resolution passed, we with thousands of other good and true Jefersonian Republicans, had not deter mined as to any final action on the Presi dential question. Some had concluded to remain neutral, others to run Troup, and a few to vote for Gen. Harrison and Tyler at all hazards. We amongst oth ers yielded t) first impulses and supposed it to be the better policy of Georgia to stand aloof from the canvass. Had there been virtue in adhering to that system, we should still have maintained it. But we have been absolutely driven from our neu trality by the maladministration of the General Government, by the hideous ruin that spreads like a death-pall over the face of this wide extended Republic by the unprincipled abuse of executive patronage by the fraudulent and ruinous disburse ments of the public revenue by the insiduous establishment of a government bank under the complete control of the Executive departments by the loss of confidence in our rulers and finally by jhe gradual concentration of all power, both fiscal and military, into the hands of Martin Van Buren, whose whole history personal and political demonstrates him to be the Sejanus of the age craftly, able, powerful, and treacherous, seeking selfaggrandizement by the betrayment and misfortunes of others, and fixing his hyena gaze upon the first dignities, offices and emoluments of the government. Thus building his own greatness upon the disgrace and ruins of his country. Such is the man and the administration we oppose i" IC'The editor of the Maysville Mon itor, two or three weeks ago, published- a series of most scandulous falsehoods rela tive to the great Whig meeting in Mason county. As a consequence, 50 or G) Whis have withdrawn their names fronj his subscription list, and as many loco focos have added theirs. I his is the usual course of things: the Whigs punish a man for lying and the loco focos reward him for it. Lou. Jour. C7"I am in favor of the sub-treasury," said a worthy old gentleman of this city the other day, "But I shall vote for General Harrison. I go for the sub-treas sury, but I want an honest man to superintend itrlb. 99'From the Indiana Journal. AN IMPORTANT CONCESSION. We find the following important admission by a prominent Van Buren leader of Indianapolis, in the Otsego, (N. Y.) Republican of the 6th of April, Dr, Dunlap is one of the best informed and most active and zealous ofhe party in central Indiana; and his candid opinions, or those expressed to political friends, are entitled to as much weight as those of any other individual. The Dr.may now attempt to backout from the opinion expressed below, by saying that the aspect of things has eo changed within

the last two months, as to render it more than probable that Mr. Van Buren will receive the vote of this state. But this wont answer. 'Tis true that the political aspect of Indiana has greatly

changed within the last two months, but that change has been altogether favor able to Gen. Harrison. Every move ment of a political nature, since the 22d of Feb. sho'vs most convincingly that the cause of Harrison aqd Reform continues to spread broader and deeper over the land. If the Dr. would now make another candid admission, like unto the one below, he would eay that there was not the least possible or most distant hope of the election of Gen. Howard. If there be any who intend to vote for Gen. Harrison, that will vote for Gen. Howard in August, they are unknown to us. In this portion of Indiana, Harrison's friends, to a man, are decided for Bigger. In fact, so hopeless do some of the leaders look upon Howard's chance for success, that they have advised him not to resign his seat in Congress and not to canvass the state, so that they may have some plausible cause, other than his Van Burenism, to which his defeat in August can be attributed. Some of the still more knowing and wary ones are anxious that he should decline the canvass altogether, that they may better husband their strength, and bring their entire energy to bear upon the November election. They are afraid that a disastrous result in August would so effectually use them up that they would not be able to make even a show of opposition. But to Dr. Dunlap's candid and correct opinions, "Out of their own mouth shall they be condemned." WHIG PROSPECTS IN INDIANA. Onward progress of Harrison Democracy Cherry Valley, April 1st, 1810. Friend Barrer. I am permitted to give you an extract from a letter written by a Dr. Dunlap, of Indiana, a warm Van Buren man and an active politition, and addressed to one of our most respectable men. Coming as it does, from their own mouths, it must and will have its iufluenc. He says, in relation to the political affairs of Indiana. "It is useless to deny the fact that Harrison, at the least calculation, will carry this state by lO THOUSAND majority, though Howard, the Van Buren governor, will have a majority of some two or 3,000. Of Ohio, I wish to say nothing; when eighteen thousand electors meet together at one convention, I should think it looked rather dubious for our folks. If Van Buren obtains the vote of New York and Pennsylvania, we clear the rocks. But if either go for Harrison, we are gone the game is up with us." Pennsylvania has brought out the old Harrison cannon, and New York with her good ten thousand has decreed that Martin Van Buren and his profligate associates must go into retirement, and that "Old Tip." the sreonJ Washington, must step forward to the rescue. Yours, in haste. From the Baltimore Patriot. Who is General Harrison? Who is Gen. Harrison? What has he done for the country? Go, unroll the records of time! Go, peruse the imperishable pages of history! Go, muse and meditate upon the plains of Tippecanoe and the Thames! Go, inquire among the gory graves whom he so often led to victory! The genius of those solitudes will answer and recite the story of this glorious achievements, and the benefits he has conferred upon his country. His tory has placed him in the first rank of the benefactors of the Republic, and grateful people have bound around his war worn brow the reath of renown. Posteri ty will do honor to his memory in mar ble, and grace his grave with the garlands oi glory. L.iKe me urecian neroes and statesmen, he has lived for his coun try, ready to immolate himself on the alter of freedom. Grand and glorious indeed is the story of his devotion to lib erty brilliant and beautiful his career in the cause of his country! What Ameri can heart does not swell with pride at the recital of his deeds? What bosom doe; not beat with emotion at the talc of pov erty and privation, after the devotion of so many years to the good of the people? It ts vain, now, to attempt to obliter ate the remembrance of his virtues and his victories. The record is written not only on the pages of history, but is engraved by the eternal finger of fame on the hearts of his countrvmen. 'The star ol his destiny, which arose in his . . J gloom and struggled through the storm of poverty and privation, will go down ir unclouded glory. The poor, but patn otic tenant of the log cabin, will ere long enter the temple of liberty and swav the reins of empire. The voice of the vie torious and illustrious Apostle of liberty will ere long be heard in the halls of Washington. Every breeze from the norm, soum, east ana west, bears to our ears the tidings of consummation devout ly to be wished. The honor of his most glorious triumph is approaching. MILFORD BARD. Locked Jaw. A remedy has been dis covered for this affection. It is nothing but the application ol warm strong ley made from wood ashes. The part injured should be bathed in the ley frequently, and if it be in a part of the body that cannot be conveniently immersed, apply flannels wetted with the ley It affords speedy relief and gradual ease. This is a verv simple remedv. but it is worth rc4 r memberingand trying. The simplest are C .1. . n- . . . m oiien me mosi emcieni agents, ivianv cures are said to have been wrought by this. Greenfield Mass. Goz.

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LOG CABINS. A few days ago, a traveller a man of wealth, refinement, and learning-who had visited the mausolea of the great in every country in Europe, and ascended the Pyramids which commemorate the fact that Egypt once had Kings whose names are forgotten was passing through a sequestered part of the country of Westmoreland in Virginia. His attention was arrested bv an humble grave yard, surrounded by a" dilapidated wall. A labourer who was at work hard by, seemed to mark the cttliosity of the stranger. 'That grave yard said he, "is the family burying ground of the ancestors ol'George Washington and that decaying tenement on the hill is tho house in "which the greatest and best man the world ever saw first drew breath." It was a Log Cabin. It had long beca abandoned, for a more stately and comfortable abode. But, in what detestation would that wretch be held who should seek to underrate the faiher of his country by ridiculing him and his ancestors because they had lived and he was born under the humble roof of a Log Cabin. Benjamin Harrison the elder, the great great grandfather of Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, was one ol the early settlers ok the lands on the south side of James River. He lived ia a Log Cabin on Chonopo creek where the Cabin Point Tobacco Inspection was established in the year 1730. At this place there is now a beautiful obalisk erected to the memory of Henry Harrison, the great grand uncle of the Hero of the North Bend, who died in September, 1732 Benjamin Harrison, the great grandfather of our candidate, and a son of the tenant of the Log Cabin, lived in a brick house in Charles county, and died 1712. His grave is marked by a mossy stone. His grand son Benjamin Harrison, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, and father of Gen. William Henry Harrison, was one of the most fear less and determined men of his time. He was a very stout man, of large framo and rather corpulent. When he was about to sign the Declaration, someone observed that, if he were taken and hung for treason, he would make heavy work for the executioner. "I shall die the easier for it," was the reply of the patijt to whom the blood of our hero ' a parent lake, e & Tippecanoe Rattle Ground, April 27th, 1840. $ To the Editor of the Free Press. We wish you to say to oar whig friend of this State, and all others that may come to the great 29ih of May meeting at the Tippecanoe Battle Ground, that we have about 300 acres of good pasture, well enclosed, convenient to said Batilo Ground, that is at their service gratuitously. P. &, N. BABCOCK, fc HENRY PATTERSON. P. S. Invite the Whijr Editors, of thin and other States to give general publicity to this notice. P. & K. B. & II. P. A CARD. The Ladies who held their sale of Fancy Articles on Wednesday evening last, beg leave to return their respectful acknowledgments to those gentleman who so kindly assisted the Committee of Arrangements, as also tho gentlemen of the Mozart Amateurs for their valuable services, and to the public generally for their liberal patronage on that occasion. May 15th, 1840. STIiA.TI-K OAT KVAi S STK 11. arrivals. May 9 Richmond from Pittsburg Sylph from Lafayette Lilv from do 10 Win. Paris do Fox from do 11 Tuscumbia from Evansville Native from ports above 12 Richmond from Lafayette 1 1 Lily from Louisville riEPARTl'RES. May 9 Richmond from Lafayette oyipli lor Louisville Lily for do 10 Wm. Paris for do Fox for do 1 1 Tuscumbia for Lafayette Native for Evansville 12 Richmond frr Pittsburg Gem for Evansville 11 Lily for Lafayette CANDIDATES' DEPARTMENT. For Sheriff. ELIJAH THORN, For Recorder. WILLIAM CLARK. DAVID NcIIENRY. ZACHARIAH PULLIAM, ETHAN ALLEN.