Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 September 1840 — Page 1

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From the Alton Telegraph. Affecting Incident. An incident, precisely similar to that described in the following touching lines, was witnessed by us in the town of Chillicotbe, Ohio, in the spring of 1813. A soldier, condemned to suffer death for the crime of desertion, was led out to the place of execution with the ceremonies usual on sucti occasions; made to kneel on his coffin a rounh oaken box near the edge of the grave which ha 1 been prepared to receive his body; his sentence was read in presence of the assemb'ed crowd; a bandage was drawn over the eyes of the culprit; the guards approached to perform the melancholy duty required of them: and the messengers of death pointed towards the breast of the unhappy man when, insteaJ of the fatal word which was to consign him to his final doom, the officer in charge, by order of Gen. Hariuaox who had fortanately arrived in town a few hours Wfore announced his reprieve. The clemency of the Commander in Chief, on this occasion. produced a deep and-lasting impression upon the minds of all those wfi"o witnessed the affecting scene; and was believed at the time to be far more effectual in preventing a repetition of the offence lhan a dozen executions would have been. It wa the thorough persuasion entertained by the soldiers that their belovod Cent ral considered them as his own children, and never would puni--.li them severely except when the good of the servico imperiously required it. which led them to submit, not only cheerfully, put with pleasure, to the numerous hardships, dangers, and privations, to which the North-western Army was constantly exposed during the late war, as well as to obey all his orders with ahcri'y and promptitude. From the Fredunla Censor. THE DOOMED SOLDIER OF FORT MEIGS. HI MIS SAIl ll J. 1't.ARK.E. At a late Democratic Whig meeting in l'ennsylvania, Mr. Login, who served under Ceneral Harrison at Fort Ecigs, recounted a thrilling incident, to which he was an eye and ear witness. A soldier who had deserted, was tried by a Court Martial, and sentenced to be shot. The procession wY formed lost came the prisoner and his coffin, followed bv the guard whose unhappy duty it was to execute the sentence of the court. They reached the fatal spot he was blindfolded, and jnade to kneei by the side of his coffi". The com mands were civen. 'Make ready; 'lane aim when the voice of Gen. Harrison interposed, and the emphatic words. As you were.' at once put a joyful end to the dreadful scene. He came with slow and measured tread, To sound of muffled drum, With bloodless cheek and eye of dread A felon to his doom. And sa.ily then we followed him. Each manly bosom swelling; And in each soldier's eye so dim. The warm tear drop was dwelling. He wn our comrade oft we'd shared A soldier's couch at night. Or side by side had nobly dared The perils of the fight. "We paused and Oh! it was a place More fit for hour of mirth. Amid the loveliness, the grace, The all most fair of earth. He turned, and cast a lingering look O er all the prospects wide; The dewy fields, the laughing brook, The mountain in its pride. Then sad, yet calmly kneeling low, His coffin there beside, Around his damn and pallid brow, The fatal band was tied. 'Mnkc ready!' 0 the horrid clang, Of lowering muskets then, That mid the sounding forest rang, And echoed through the glen. Take atn." like death knell pierced the air, One agonizing thrill; His pale cold lips moved as in prayer, Then all again was stijl, Our noble chief, with noble mien, And lonely tep apart, Had watched the dread and solemn sccn With sad o'erflowing heart. And 'As you were.'' like angel notes, Fell on the list'ning ear; Or like some lay that sweetly floa's On evening's tranquil air. And then a glad, triumphant sound, Exultingly rang out; Till every hill and rock around. Gave back the j lyous shout. And once again, a gladsome band, Ve round our comrade pressed, To take once more the friendly hand. And clasp him to the breast. The cheerful word to 'Miirch' obeyed. File after file was hieing. Through mountain pass and leafy glade, With glad bright pennons flying. And he, to sound of drum and fife, Stepp'd in our proud array, restored again to joy and life, The gayest of the gay. Now on the chief so brave and kind. May Heaven's free blessings rest, For all that's noble and refined, Dwells in his gallant breast. And Toesey shall meekly stand, And bid the hero live, With parted lips and lyre in hand, Her offering shall give. Till Harrison' if ehivalrir name. Shall be, through coming time. By thriUir.g note of deathless nam?, Froclaimed in every clime-

GEN. JACKSON AND MK. CLAY,

Attention is asked to the annexed let-

ters of Gen. Jackson and .Mr. Clay, co- lIia" my teeliegs, I spoke in the highest pied from the Nashville papers. A care- terms. He was one of the earliest anJ ful perusal will be useful, and furnish greatest defaulters. His case occurred matter for deep reflection, upon the disor- under Mr. Jefferson's administration. dered state of the times. Tne records both of the Executive and The default of Mr. Livingston was not Judicial departments established his deonly matter of public notoriety, out of fault- IIe remained a defaulter about a record in Congress and in the courts of quarter of a century, if not more. How New Orleans and New York. The de- he finally liquidated the balance against fault was reported upon in Congress, and n,m 3,1(1 when, I do not certainly know, suits were commenced against Mr. Liv- b"t I believe it was by property and under ingston both in New York and New Or- the first te of General Jackson. But leins, and judgments recovered. The j whenever and however it was, a tardy original default, that drove Mr. Livingston payment or composition of the debt conld from New York to New Orleans, was 1,01 ntl did not expunge the fact of his about 62,000. We will mention two.ori?inaldefau,t' other facts, and leave the reader to the' ln anrutng from cause to effect, I conletters. Mr. Livingston was in Congress , tended lhat lhe appointment of Mr. Livat the close of General Washington's ad-i,ngston was a pernicious precedent. That ministration, with General Jackson, and j ,l was a virtual proclamation to all who thev two, with ten others, voted against were or miglt be defaulters that their mthe Address to General Washington, which fule!,ty m a public trust, constituted no declares that -for our country's sake, for . insuperable barrier to a promotion to one

the sake of republican libcrhj. it is our 1 J earnest wish that your example may be the guide of our successors, and thus, after being the ornament and safeguard of the present age, become the patrimony of our descendants." Cin. Gaz. In the Nashville Union of August 19, there appeared the following card: To the Editor of the Union: Sir: Being informed that the Hon. Henry Clay of Kentucky, in his public speech at Nashville yesterday, alleged that I had appointed the Hon. Edward of State when he was a defaulter and knowing him to be one, 1 feel that I am justified in declaring the charges to be false. It is known to all the country that the nominations made bv the President to the Senate are referred to appropriate committees of lhat body, whose duty it is to inquire into the char acter of the nominees, and that if there is any evidence of default, or any disqualifying circumstance existing against them, a rejection of the nomination follows. Mr. Livingston was a member or the se nate from the State of Louisiana when he was nominated by me. Can Mr. Clay say that he opposed the confirmation of his nominatton, because he was a defaulter! If so, the journals of the Senate will answer. But his confirmation by tl e Senate is conclusive proof that no such objection if made, was sustained, and I am satisfied that 6uch a charge against him could not have been substantiated. I am also informed that Mr. Clay charg ed me with appointing Samuel Swartwout collector of the port of New 1 ork, know ing that he had been an associate ol Aaron Burr. To this charire it is proper to say that I knew of Mr. Swartwoul's connec tion with Aaron Burr, precisely as I did that of Mr. Clay himself, who if the his tory of the times did not do him great in justice, was far from avoiding an assoeia tion with Burr when he was at the town of Lexington in Kentucky. Yet Mr Clay was appointed Secretary of State, and I may say confidently, with recom mendations for character and fitness not

more favorable than those produced tomeihis informer may not be some friend of

by the citizens ol New York in behalf of Mr Swartwout. Mr. Clay too at the time of his own appointment to that high office, was directly charged throughout the Union with having bargained for it, and by none was this charge more earnestly made than bv hii present associates in Tennessee, Messrs. Bell and Foster Under such circumstances how con temptible does this demagogue appear. when he descends Irorn his high place in the Senate and roams over the country, retailing slanders against the living and the dead. ANDREW JACKSON. Hermitage, slug. lSt, 1810. TO THE PUBLIC. Your surprise. I am quite sure, will be as great as mine was, on the perusal of a note, signed Andrew Jackson, addressed to the editor of the Nashville Union, and bearing date on the ISth instant. The circumstances ol my present visit to Nashville are well known here. 1 de clined repeated invitations to attend the rnnt'pntinn holden on the l?th instant. and finally yielded to an unusual appeal, with which I was honored, and which it would be difficult for any man to resist. I was called upon to address the convention. In what terms of respeel and, for his militaiy service, of praise, I spoke of the distinguished individual who is the occasion of this note, all who heard me can testify. Among the subjects which I discussed', was that of the degeneracy in niiblii virtue, an d especially the delin quency and infidelity in public officers, of which in the last few years rve have nau such lamentable proof. In assigning causes for this deplorable state of things, 1 stated, as among them, the subversion ol 1 laid down bv Mr. Jefferson of viiw honesty, capacity, and fidelity to the Constitution, and the substitution for it of one founded on devotion and subserviency not to the country, but to the chief of a party. That persons appointed to office too often considered themselves as being only put in possession of their legitimate share of - : . .1 . r r i : the spoils ot victory insieau 01 ieeiin bound by the obligations of a sacred trust confided for the benetit 01 me people, in reject to defaulter?, ! referred to the case

of Mr. Livingston, of whose attainments j

as 3 jurist, not more consistent with truth ; .1 1 ...... 01 u,e nignest omces in me government. I did not attribute to Gen. Jackson a know ledge of the default. I went even so far as to say lhat he might not have reflected upon the consequences of the appointment of an individual so situated. I must now say thatj until Gen. Jackson otherwise as serts, I am constrained to believe that he could not have seen ignorant of a fact, so conspicuous in the annals of our country, as lhat of the default of Edward Livings ton, Esq., as Attorney of the United States in the District ol New York, during the Administration of Mr. Jefferson, to the amount of about 8100,000. It was in the train of the same thought and argument, that I adduced the appoint ment of Mr. S. Swartwout to the office of Collector of the most important ncrl ;(t the U. S., as one of most unfortunate and injurious example. His participation in the schemes of Col. Burr was a fact of such universal notoriety that I supposed. and yet suppose, that no man the least conversant with the history of the countiy, could be ignorant 01 it. Hut it was not upon Gen Jackson's knowledge of that fact, it was upon the fact itself that I dwelt. It is now said that the appointment of Mr. Swartwout was recommended by citizens of New York. I know nothing of these recommendations. Whether they were cause or effect whether they were gotten up to produce or to give color and cover to the appointment, previously de termined to be made their secret history only could disclose. I he appointment occasioned general surprise among the friends and foes of the administration, at the time, and the sequel demonstrates how unwise it was. These; topics of my address to the convention on Monday last have been select ed bv Gen. Jackson for comment and an imadversion. He was not present on the occasion; lie lias made no application to me for a correct account of what 1 actual ly said; but has been contented to upon 'being informed,' by whom, with what motives, anJ with what objects, I have no means of conjecturing. Whether Mr. Van Buren, who in the present des perate state of his political fortunesTvish es to' bring the General Into the field and to turn the tide of just indignation on the part of the People from the General's proteffe, the exhibition 01 nis name oniy would enable the public to decide. In regard to the insinuations anu gross epithets contained in Gen. Jackson's note, alike impotent, malevolent, and derogato ry fiom the dignity of a man who has fill ed the highest office in the Universe, re spect for the public and myself allow me only to say, that, like other similar missiles, they have fallen harmless at my feet exciting no other sensation than that c scorn and contempt. II. CLAY. Nashville, August 20, 1340. THE VIPER BITING AGAINST THE FILE The following correspondence between ihe great bandit and mendicant of the Ad ministration and Virginia Postmaster, wil explain itself. It is one of the best things of the kind we have ever seen: Letter from Amos Kendall to the Post mast ir at Uoodwynsviue, Mv Dear Sir: I take the liberty to enclose vou an Address and Prospectus for the Extra Globe, hoping thai it may be compatible with your inclination am; sense of duty to use them for the purpose of procuring and returning subscribers. If in that hope 1 shall he disappointed I solicit of you the personal favor 10 hand it over to some friend of the Administra tion who mav be inclined to use it for lhat purpose. With great respect, your friend, AMQS KENDALL. Mr. Edward's Reply. Goodwynsvillc, J'a. Mr. Amos Kendall: Sir. Your letter and circular came safely by mail, free of postage and that I may not be censured, I nave concluded to return your circular, that you may have the opportunity of sending it by man and of course free, to some other man w ho possibly may consider it an honor slandering and traducing, for fcVJ I VIH - w individual j-no, the private character

William Henry Harrison, who only cap-

tured a British Army to entitle him (in your elegant language) to the appellation of a mock hero. You slate that the slumbers of your children are disturbed by the firing of Whig guns. I believe that the same thing happened once or twice before. The enemies of America have always had a peculiar dread of Whig guns. But, sir, I take great pleasure to inform you, and through you, Mr. Van Buren, lhat he may take his rest as far as regards my children. They are not so easily frightened by gunpowder, though they feel very indignant at Mr. Poinsett's militia scheme, which his Excellency recommended, though he never saw it. The commission which I hold, if Mr. Van Buren thinks it is a security for my vote, 1 herewith inform him, through you, is at his call; and it gives me more pleasuie to offer it than the honor of retaining could confer. I have come to the conclusion that America does not entirely depend upon the election of any one man as President, though I am not 60 very certain that your pension is so free from its dependence on the re-election of Mr. Van Buren, You state that General Harrison is, in your classic language, a longueless candidate. I have never seen .he gentlennn therefore you and Mr. Van Buren, of course, know more of him than I do. I wish you to get Mr. Van Buren, who has a tongue, to answer the following questions: Did you not vote for Mr. Bnfus King to oppose the admission of Slavery in Missouri? Did you not vote against James Madison in 1 M2? Did you not vote for the Tariff in 1828? Did you never sec nor hear of Mr. Poinsett's army project until it was called for by the czolulion of Congress: And will vou not endeavor to have lhat project carried into effect, if you arc re-elected? Did 011 not sanction the admission of negro . : IT -! testimony in l,ieut. ieo. M. iioe s ir:ai before a naval court Manial? 1 hope, my dear sir, that you and the President, whom take to lie one and the same in fact, will 1 r ooen vour tongues, anu iniorm jour friend as you style me in your letter. Vou know that the People are not ready or a monarch, and a little decency is still necessary to be used, in order to re concile them to their lots. Some. I sup pose, will feel highly honored to be appointed cradle-minders for your dear children! Sweet babeb! lie still and slumber. Democrats guard thy heads, and treasury pap, without number, fall quickly around thy beds! 1 am at a loss to name a per son in this country who is willing to act as citfdle nurse for your nervous oflspnng Pell Dr. Niles that I owe him an apology nit as he is solely dependent on you for lis bread, and, permit me to add, office. that whenever you shall have selected my successor, I am ready to resign. With something short of respect, I subscribe myself, J. II. EDWARDS. P. M. At Goodwynsvillc, Va. Another 'man of honor.' Mr. Ken da'l addressed one of his letters begging a dollar from the Postmaster at Sargeants vi!!p. N. J.. and received the following reply: Sarceantsvilm-:, Jul)' 11, 1S40 3fi Bear Sir: I just received your polite letter, dated June 28th, 1810, ac- .... .1 iiwiih an Address and l'rospectus for the Extra Globe, in w Inch you solicit my agency and influence lor the purpose of procuring subscribers. My feeble efforts could avail but little in your behalf, even should I have been disposed to lend them for the object which you specified in your communication. But I can never feel it compatible with my duty to become in any way the organ of party or to lend my influence solelj' for elec tioneering purposes. I hope 1 shall always be lound on the side of Truth and Reform, and to this end, I cannot consent to circulate anj7 views, or give currency to any mea sure, hov?ever distinguished ma)- be the source of their origin, which will in any' way impair or invalidate the claims of the illustrious hero and patriot of North Bend. With due respect to yourself, therelore, and a firm determination never to sacri fice principle at the shrine of party devotion, I must beg leave to decline the solitation of vour letter. I remain, dear sir. Your fiiend and fellow citizen, AWOS HOGELAND. To the Hon. Amos Kendall. e e The Old Dominion. A gentleman in Winchester, Va., late a Van Buren man, writes as follows: In a few days an address will be published, signed by something like one hun dred voters of this county who in 18 voted for Mr. Van Buren, setting forth the reasons which have induced them to abao don his administration, and to give their support to Gen. Harrison. You may rev iinnn it with entire confidence, that "if the changes elsewhere in the state bear any proportion to the number here, there is not a state in the Union which may be relied on with more certainty for Old Tip than the Old Dominion. 1 ii)98ii yew Jiules ff Grammar. By M. V B.Tbc following amusing inscription

copied from one of the banners at the great Whig Convention, at Springfield Illinois, is the best hit at practices of the party in power, we have met with for many a day: 1st: The President is independent of the country, and stands in the governing case absolute. "2d. When an address is made to Congress, he is in the imperitive mood, and they are in the submissive. 3d. Loco-focoism alone qualifies a man for office, and all office-holders must agree with the President in every case. Uh. Gold and silver belong to the officeholders collectively and individually. Treasury rags belong to the people. On the same banner appeared this novel rule of Arithmetic. To change paper money into inctalic. Rule Subtract the latter from the people, add it to the Treasury, aud divide the amouut among the office holders.

BAKU A CUES. We see it stated that the Tippecanoe boys of Mai ion, Clay, and Knox Counties are going to give free barbacues, and invite the be.t speakers in the country on the 5th of Oct. next. When shall the Tippecanoe boys of Daviess have n barbacue? We have heard many of them urging the propriety of a barbacue. Let us determine at the Tippecanoe meeting Saturday next, and some 20 ) or 3 ( of us go to Vincenness on the 5th of Oct. -and drink Old Tip's health on hard cider with our brethren of Old Knox and there invite them C7i-msse to cur barbacue. Harrisoniun. Kinderhook Boy.j'." The Hartford Pimes, by way of getting up an opposi tion enthusiasm to the Tippecanoe fever. gave Sub-Treasuryites the name of "Kinderhook Boys." A farmer in our office said it was the most appropriate name a portion of them could have for they Kind-er-ioo" fiom lhe Treasury whenever ihey get a chance, either in the way of "Grand Charges," or direct grabbing. X. V. Times. 1 m(9 Death of Timothy Flint. his with emotions of extreme regret that we copy from the New York Express of tue 22ud the annexed notice of the death of one of the master-spirits of our country: Jj)U. Jour. The salem Gazette mentions the death of Timothy Flint at the age of GO. He died at Reading on Tuesday Ust. He left his residence on Red River, La., last May, in feeble health, hoping to derive benefit from the bracing air of the north. He came to his nitive place, where lu's disorder soon assumed symptoms of a speedy and lata! termination. lie wrote to his familv. that before thev received his letter lie should be no longer among ihe living; which intelligence was so taken to heart by Mrs. Flint, that she was seized with a fever and died just four weeks to a day before her husband. Mr. Flint is well known on the other side ol the atlantic, as well as in this country, as the author of various works, principally descriptive of the geography, resources, and character of the people of the great West, or descriptive of tenes which have been enacted in lhat vast and interesting region, which have given him a rank among the most distinguished writers of our countiy. eLIFE AT WATERING PLACES. The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writing from Cape May, gives the following as a i.iirht or rather morning scene in the main gallery of a hotel there. The only thing we cannot understand is, how the correspondent happem-d to be awake at such a time. We recommend the husband to provide himself with a duplicate key. V. Harmony Disseminator. (Tap! t3p! tap! in a low and gentle tone.) (No answer.) (Tap! tan! tap! a little louder.) (Still no answer.) (Tap! tap! tap! a lull octavo higher. 'Who's there?" (in a loud, and, 1 thought for a female, a very determined voice.) Only me my love (in a sootning loud whisper, rather strongly contrasted with the voice from within.) "Well, Mr. T , this is too much but I vow I won't get up." "Mv dear, prav rise and let me in "I positively will not. 1 gave you Uir warning I would notbe disturbed this way every night. The children, you know very well, can't be got to sleep after they are once A-oke up." (I could testify to the truth of this part of the conversation.) "And this is the fourth night you have been half the night fluffing crabs and champagne. 'Tis too bad." -My love, recollect do for heaven's sake keep quiet, and let me in this i all J nonsense. I mean this is very ridiculous. Jint remember where you arc, and talk lower I'm not deaf." (After a pause ) "My dear, there's no earthly use in your standing there. You ought to know by this time lhat when I say I won't 1 mean I won't and get out of bed again this night I won't that's settled." And to my mind the case was clearly j 1 c a settled the tone lhi was uttered in leav-

a cons 1 erable pause, during which tune the pooi hen-pecked husband no doubt wns casting over in his mind what was to be dons in the emergency. 'My love, do I rightly understand that you really intend I shall be locked out all night?" "Yes. my dear, 'tis precisely my intention, and to-morrow night you will come 10 bed in seasonable hours." Scene closes. The following morning atsunme.as my custom, I was on my way with pers and gown, to the bathe, when 1 T , parading the piazz-i. He er gets up till tho last breakfast as met - v - t pi: rings. 'Good morning Mr. T . Whv. this reformation. How came you im to "Why. the fact is ha! ha! ha! to be candid with you the the truth is, t an. up a litt!e earlier than common. The fact is, I did'nt sleep but very little last night. The cursed musquitocs! The wind brought them into my window bit me the d dent. I swear I never was bitten to before in my life." The Richmond Transcript declares that Madame Koyall is a lady of great experience and sweetness of temper, and s-n.s ill at "she would ni3ke an ele:ible match for ?ny bod v ihis side of a thunder cloud." ( )r the other side either, icr guess. JJos. Trans. The Census. The taking of the census will devt-lope many curious facts. In Queens county, (L I.,) the Marshal discovered a perlect A!! mo. It was an active child three years old. whose parents were negroef. The child was perfectly white, had ihe pink shaped blue eyes of this class of beings, with hair white and crisped like wool. "e e ' Charles Cit, w ho is engnged in taking the census at Cincinnati says; I found a lady, who. M the age of 20. had 1 1 c!uldren, tiie oldest being born on her 1 Jth 11 .1 .1 biruioay: jusu anouier a ease more remarkable in which her son stood 1-v her side within a few months as old as she was when married, and the mother not yet 2(). Consequently the mother not l'l when married. .. e A chance. Messrs. Lea and Blanchard of Philadelphia, are publishing a large Encyclopedia of Geography, in li vols., containing eighty-two maps, and eleven hundred wood engraving's. The price of thin valuable book is $12, and the agents are now obtaining subscribers t!ie subset ij-tion to be be void, and subsc, ibers to recwive the work gratis, if (Jen. Harri son is nole'ee'eU J resident. Carre!! JJrprcss. CI!1 LEIiA IN MISSISSIPPI. Drea 'ful fatality among the .slaves! The following '.ory, says the St. Louh Pennant, is n' . keudi of fancy we have retpon.-ible authority for its truth: A fuw weeks ago an extensive cotton planter in Mississippi, who owned about one hundred and tntv negroes, lound the ;dera had suddenly broke out among thr m and raged most furiou!y carrying oil" some ten or fifteen daily. The news travelled speedily amongst his neighbors, and in one had the temerity to ro near the "infected district," for fear of the contagion! Every day a long line of rough board coffins was carried into the fields and deposited in the earth, while the citizens expressed the deepest sympathy for their unfortunate neighbor. At length they were nearly all gone, and the ruined planter sold his land and started for Texas, to commence the world anew. After several days had elapsed, however, severs! gentlemen, suspecting that all wss not right, caused a number of the coffins to be unearthed, and found that they contained nothing. Duece the bit of the negro was i:i any of them! A feweeks afterwards accounts were received from Texas, stating that tho unfortunate gentleman Lal purchased a splendid plantation there, and with the whole of his lf0 negroes, was driving the cotton business at a great rate! The gentleman's creditors looked blank at each other, and neighbors laughed heartily at the joke. e--The increase of the population of Cincinnati, within the last ten years, will amount to 00 per cent., or an increase from 21,0 O. in the year 18 30, to 45,000, in the year IS 40. SC7The LION and LIONESS ately presented by the Emperor of Morm; i to President Van Buren. are advtiti d in the Globe, for sale at Philadelphia on lhe Cist inst., for cash, or such funds a3 are receivable at the Treasury of tho United States. The Siamese 'Twins have purchased a farm at Trapp Hill, N. C. lor a permanent residence. Are they entitled t one or two votes. Gin. Gaz. The crops in Illinois this season will pp. one of the most productive it has ever experienced. If any crop lias suffered, it is the potatoe, and perhaps; UnV n.u crop.

ing little room for hope. After