Vincennes Gazette, Volume 10, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 24 October 1840 — Page 2

Sati rday, October 21, 18-10. The Union of the Whigs for the $ ike of the Union." NOMINATION BY THL WJUO NATIONAL CONVENTION. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON OF OHIO. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. JOHN TYLER OF VIRGINIA: (Tt!!CE TERM. Mr. Feni.lxto, of Ohio Muted in the (convention, that it wan the wish of (ientral Harrison, if elected to the Presidency, to fcrve only O.XE TE KM. TREE WHIG DOCTRINE. "One Presi dential Term the. Integrity of the Public ser vants the safety of the Public Money and the general good of the People. or. Barbour. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. "SENATORIAL, JONATHAN MrCAKTV, of Fayette. JOSEPH (J. MARSHALL, of Jefferson. REPRESENTATIVE, Ut District, joux w. tatse, of Harrison. 21 do. n. w. TiioMrnox, of Lawrence. 3 1 do. josErn l. white, of Jefferson. 4th do. iiMtn ii. nnviss, of Ripley. .rth do. cALT.n n. smith, of Fayette. fUh do. wm. HEnon, of Bartholomew, "i tU d ). p'l. r. simflf,, of St. Joseph. THE Yinccnnrs Tippecanoe Club will meet on Monday evening next, at the Town Hall. A .general attendance is requested. If there I.e auv persons who are desirous to dis cus the merits and cl.tims of Martin Van Boren, !uch are particularly invited to attend. "The door trill not be closed, nor the tiring on the latch pulled in.r' gr.tyThe Wabash is in fine boating or tier at this time, and is Hill rising Judging from the quantity of rain that has fallen, it will continue navigable for a length of time. Read General Harrison's rpeech at Chillicothe, on our first page. COLONEL JOHNSON. Col. Johnson is to be here to-day, 6o say the Locos. Had Col. Johnson come among us as the Vice President of the United Slates on a vmt, his office, his wounds., and his services in the "tented field" would properly command from all clashes of citizens every attention. Hut he does not come in this way, ho comes avowedly o:i an electioneering expedition. electioneering not for himself, but for Martin Van Huren, a man who does more than 3ny man in this country to beggar us who had brought us down from the very zenith of prosperity to the depth of adrt.?oity. Who has told the people in their distress that they must take care of themselves and he will take care of him-; Ptif. As man, who, while Gen. Harrison and Col. Johnson were fighting the Battles of their country, was playing the dandy in New York, or was capering in the Hall Rooms of Albany, "to the lascivious pleasings of the lute." This is the man he is electioneering for. And does Col. Johnson think he can induce us to drop Gen. H.-rison to vote for this man Van Huren. Never, never. If we have any cause to love ail, respect Col. Johnson, we have much grater to love and respect General Harrison. ..If we arc under any obligation to be rrtefu.to Col. Johnson, we arc under ten fold obligation to be grateful to Gen. Harrison. CoL Johnson we said, was electioneering for Van Huren, not for himself. His office, is a mere nominal wne, having but little or no weight in the administration of the affairs of this Government; and do the managers of ihis political caravan, think that the people are such children, such fools, such dolts .as to vote for Martin Van Huron because Col: Johnson was wounded at the Battle of the Thames? Is it not treating the people as some kind mothers do a spoilt child, "come ray dear, take this medicine, asd you shall have this lump of sugar." ComefeUow.citizens, swallow this bitter dose, Martin Van Uuren, and you shall have a little sugar with it in the shape of Col. Johnson. "If these managers want us to vote for Van Buren, why do they not bring on iha caravan himself? The people are not auch fool as to beguiled in this way, and Col. Johnson himself must know it by this time. He has been taken all through Qhjo, by Senator Allen and other, aye,

Allen would mount the stand with him, take his hand, hold it up to the people and address them according to their own papers, pretty much in this way "Gentleman and Ladies. This is the real Hero

of the Thames, the real Tecumseh killer, lie was born in a cane break, rocked in a sugar trough, fought at the Thames, and there slewTecumsch, tc. &c. &c." How Col. Johnson felt while the passive object of 6uch an exhibition, we can not say, but it seems the people of Ohio did not think much of the show, for Shannon, the Van Buren candidate for Governor was elected two years ago by five thousand votes, and has been beaten at the late election by 20,000 votes; in despite of the electioneering tour of Col. Johnson, and the speeches of Senator Allen too. We hope to see Petticoat Allen, here to-day. If he does appear, some of Old Tips soldiers will put questions to him, that will make him feel streaked and small. OHIO! (i:OICGIA!! O. Bv. We would fire one hundred guns for each of tho states, had we powder. But alas! we have burnt it up in celebrating whig victoties. Corwin the whig candidate for Gover nor. It is estimated from the returns re ceived, will be elected over the present governor Shannon, by 15 or 20.000 ma jority. Well dene Ohio. The Whig ticket has succeeded in Georgia, by a tremendous majority. If Martin Van Buren is re-elected, where is he to get his votes, in Texas or Canada? Do tell. One fire more and the day is our own We shall have but one more opportunity in 6aying any thing to our fellow-citizens on the immense importance of the election on the 2d November. Be on your guard. Your most vital interests your all is at stake. x. revolution is progress ing js rolling like a ball to your assis tance. Without a change of administration, yon are slaves! Are you prepared for the bonds? Arc you prepared to be shackled with fetters? They are con cealed and hidden in the Sub-Treasury law of the last session of Congress. They are avowed and declared in the army bill of the administtation. A system of grinding, and oppressive has begun. It was not sufficiently oppression to compel payments in specie from the people, for the benefit of office holders hut they must compel the people to receive rags for the produce of their honest industry. Reduce them, pass the Army Bill, disarm yourselves of power, as the votes of many may do, and the barrier against tyranny is brokci. down forever. We are threatened with a standing army of 200,000 men!! Arise then! Awake and show these wolves in sheeps clothing, that you have not forgotten the example set by your forefathers of the revolution in resisting tyranny and oppression. . To the polls then!! And by your votes for Old Tip and Tyler, place your veto, the veto of honest men on the aristocratic and anti-republican doings of Martin Van Buren, and his horde of palace slaves. Doc-Ton Duncan. The Bull Dojj of the administration, is beaten in the Cincinnati district, as a candidate for Congress this was not anticipated by the Whigs. Old Tip is carrying all before him. We give Van (as a friend said the other d-iy) New Hampshire for his head, and Missouri for his foot stone. Fire. A two story dwelling house on 2d street, occupied by Doctor Colwell and Mrs. Vanderburgh, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday last. By the unwearied and meiilorious exertions of the Fire Company and citizens, the adjoining buildings were saved from the destructive element. We observed several ladies busily engaged handing water in the line. This is praiseworthy, and evident shows that if the tair are determined to overcome obstacles, they seldom fail in the attempt. For proof, witness the sum raised for the completion of the Bunker Hill racnument by the ladies of New England, and their aiding every cause whoseobjects are religion, charity, and the good of mankind. If you speak of G. W. E wing's "treachery" to a Van Buren man, it operates like a dose of Brandreth's Pills. Connect with it Doctor Duncan's defeat, it has the effect of a double dose. Then add the Whig triumph in Ohio. It is as effective as if the box, pills, and the maker were swallowed-

A slip from the Indiana Democrat, In

dianapolis, states: That Col. Johnson was escorted into that city by 30,00 ) per sons. A letter to a gentleman high in of fice in Vincennes says, Col. Johnson ad dressed 20,000 peisons on that day. Pray what did you do with the odd 10, 000. Mr. Democrat? were they and 13,030 others, men of buckram? We are decidedlyof this opinion, 30,000 men for an escort! Why this story beats that o Maine, Ohio and Georgia, having gone for little Martin. You can't come it man. The Western Voice, Shawnetown, III. gives a letter from his correspondent, ex tract follows: "Mark what I say. Dr. Duncan wil come into the Cltv with no less than six teen hundred. If he does not, I am willing to vote for Tip. We shall carry the whole district by a large majority. Oh, Mr Editor, do you not feel that you are Vox et proeterea nihil a t'Oi'ce, and nothing more. For the tlnccnnes Gazette. Bruceville, la., Sept. 1st, 1840. Mr. Amos Kendall: Sir I live on this terrauqeous Globe and wrote to you for one of your Fxtra Globes, thinking it might be beneficial to the hardy back woods farmers, mechan ics and merchants, with whom I am con nected by social and political ties, hav ing a view of running a parallel between the two, but from the few odd numbers that I have by chance got to look at, the Globe I inhabit, with all the sin, corrup tion and abomination, your Globe beats it all hollow; but laying figure aside, ask you ifyou think it possible that any true friend to the constitution and his country and possessed with one spark of virtue and gratitude, could view with indiffer ence the reckless, cold-blooded, and infa mous course that you have for years pursHed, first toward that great statesman Henry Clay, and recently that fiend-like course towards that meritorious statesman and (ieneral, Win. H. Harrison. Do not think because your soul could inhabit the shell of a tobaceo seed, and then have room to rent, that the great mass of the people can tolerate such a course altho' there is numbers of well-meaning and honest men that approves of Van Buren, yet knowing that he has had for advi-ers many such demagogues as yourself, they are determined to take the business into their own hands, and place tho Farmer o North Bend at the helm of State. I acknowledge the receipt of your letter, address, and prospectus, and accor ding to your request, (should it suit my convenience, which i'. docs not,) I have handed it over, but it appears the further it goes the worse it fares, as it is viewed but a begging concern, and sir, it tins is to be the test of the price of the office I have had the honor of receiving under the wise and virtuous administration of Pre sident Madison, be it eo. I should deem myself unworthy the name I bear, could I think for one moment that I could make a sacrifice of that precious boon that I have inherited by the blood of my fore fathers, and a sacrifice of my own judge ment, lor the profits of a paltry office. Now, sir, 1 ihink from the number of soft and consoling epistles like this, that you have received, they must ba a charm on your mind equal to tho Tennesseans, Amos baby gun. I am, sir, any thing but an admirer of your politic course. YM. BRUCE. FOR THE VINCENNES GAZETTE. IMPOSITION UPON TRAVELLERS. The citizensof Indiana and particularly those residing at Vincennes and vicinity, are now, and have for a long time been grossly imposed upon by the proprietor of a Bridge, on the St. Louis Road near Lawrcnceville, 111. who levies heavy con tributions upon them for crossing a small half fmhhcd Bridge, near his (Nabbs) house, winch may be avoided by taking a road which turns TO THE RIGHT, ABOUT ONE MILE after making the Timber frcm mcennes. Distant from Vincennes to the Wood where the road turns about six miles and a half. Anoth er way of avoiding the imposition, is, to take the road passing northward of Nabbs house, and continuing for half a rnjle, where the road turns to tho left through the bottom which takes to the Ford at Lawrenceville. Either of the above roads is just as good, and nearly of the same dis tance, and can always be travelled without the least difficulty, excepting when the River is high, which is rarely the case. The public generally, are earnestly requested to inform the travelling public and pirticularlv the poor emigrants from oth er states, of the base imposition of charging double the price of toll on this, over any good bridge in the country when it can be so easilv avoided. A Citizen or Illinois. What the British Tories think of t-heir friend, Mr. Van Ihtren. It has been a standing prediction of 'the "high Church and King party in England, ever since the termination of the Revolutionary war, that this Republic would ultimately become a Monarchy. in I8di, the St. James Chronicle, a leading English Jour nal, representing the elite of that party, instinctively fixed on Mr. Van Buren, as the man who would probably accomplish the change. He was then a thriving aspirant to the Presidency, and the opinion of the Chronicle was gxounded on his habits and character as developed during

his official residence at the British capitol. The better the Germans become acHis declarations and acts since his acccs- quainted with the loco foco doctrine, the sion to power, have confirmed the first more they detest the party. And why impressions of the Enrrliah monarchists 'should they not? They are not an idle

They now boldly assert that his re - elec - tion will revolutionize the government that his object is to make himself, in effeet if not in name, a Kino. The Montreal Herald, a rabid Tory paper, with all its hatred to Republican institutions, Gtlinde Tfrllllt o t tn ilirinn inn . f stands agha3t at the darinjr innovations of our "Democratic President," and reconizes in his ausoluteism something that transcends its own notions of the divine right of Royalty. But let the Heral speaiv iut nsen. tie nnu in mat paper of the 18th instant, the following remarks appended to the article from the St t rt : i f i . james inronicie, aoove reierreu to, and which appeared in the Times, a few day ago "The people of the United States may t .i t ... . wince as mucn as tuey piease, out it is not to be cavilled at nor doubted, that their destiny is now in the hand of the individual to whom this article alludes "To the possession of the sword.EPre Bident Van Buren has now, by the Inde pendent Sub-Treasury law, added that o the purse, and if any further disclosure o 'Ills nis intentions are required iook lor ona moment at his recommendation to the last congress cf a standing army of two hundred thousand men. Having one half ol ins disposable lorce in constant service, commanded by officers ef his own creating, and himself commander-in-chief, possessed of a civil body-guard; number ing forty thousand officeholders, and aid ed by the monied power. Van Buren may laueh at his opponents, and who can doubt? "A judicious disposition of such force, in what is called tho Whig States will enable the President, either by voles to control the elections at the polls, or to enforce obedience. "Our republican neighbors, therefore may as well prepare for the change, should an Buren be elected for the second time." THE PEOPLE vs. THE OFFICE HOLDERS. The following States have voted during the present vear: RHODE ISLAND electing a WHIG huvj'.itiMiK, wiuu MiiNAlL, and WHIG HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES, by overwhelming majorities! CONNECTICUT electing a WHIG GOVERNOR AND WHIG LEG I SLA TURE by an INCREASED WHIG MAJORITY of nearly FIVE THOU SAND! VIRGINIA electing a WHIG LE itlbliAlUKiS, which will elect two WHIG .srcrsATUKS next winter.WHIG MAJORITY in the State about 2,0C0 daily increasing, and may reach 10,000 by November. NORTH CAROLINA electing WHIG GOVERNOR bv nearly NINE THOUSAND majority, and a WHIG LEGISLATURE, with a majority of nearly 40 on joint ballot! who will elect rVO WHIG UNITED STATES SENATORS. LOUISIANA electing a WHIG LE GISLATURE and two WHIG MEM BERS of Congress, with a WHIG MA JORITY of the popular vote of TWEN rY-TWO HUNDRED. INDIANA electing a WHIG GOV ERNOR by upwards of TEN THOU SAND majority, and both branches of the Legislature WHIG. The FEDS too few to be counted. KENTUCKY electing a WHIG GOVERNOR, by more than FIFTEEN iltUUSANIJ ffitg majority and TWO-THIRDS of both branches of the LEGISLATURE WHIG! THE WHIG STATE! VERMONT electing a WHIG GOV ERNOR by TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED and FIFTY majority, FIVE W HIG MEMBERS of CONGRESS (ail) and three fourths of both branches of the LEGISLATURE WHIG. A clean sweep! MAINE The star in the East elect mz a viiiu uuvtiKixuK. wim LEGISLATURE and FOUR out of the eight members of Congress being Whijr gain of Governor, Legislature, two members of Conffress, and a Whiff Sen ator, to be elected next winter. Alabami, Missouri and Illinois alone lave sustained the administration, and they by greatly reduced majorities. In Al abama, the Whigs have made a clear gain of 32 votes in the Legislature since last year. WHAT CAN RESIST THE TOR RENT OF PUBLIC INDIGNATION OR AVERT THE FATE WHICH AWAITS THE OFFICE HOLDERS? Richmond Whig. Going it "Blind." We find the folowing in an exchange, and without refer ence to onr "perlitical presidilections,' give it one insertion. "Well. Sam, which party you b'long to say, nigga uoni oe zeareu 10 spose you-a perlitical pic-udilections." 1 "Why, I say, nigga, if you tink dis chil' hesumtates to sume de sponsibility, as old Massa Hickory say you is mis taken in you-a man, so you is. I is a ra-al, democratic, nigger testimony rimpublicum, dat's what I is." "Yah! yah! Dat's same I is, zackly. And I tell you why, Sam." "Well, why is it, nigga? "Case, Sam, you see it takes too much readuC to be a Whig. Dem Whigs got too many docummups for poor nigga to ook at. Massa he dymycrap, and he say it make hira, sick to read so much and. look over sa many iiffgers. oo ne nu, nun eye, a,nd go it bun, same as me,''

! and dissipated class of people. Wher-

ever you see Germans, you see the votaries ot industry and economy; Uiiio has an immense population of Germans she has settlements of them composed of the best farmers in the state. The farms are t I ... ,l 1if-A A nr m rwt tliov lil'f 1 i L' O l-uiu aivii 1 1 (V v aiutiw) European princes. The immense Ger man settlements in Ohio are decided whigs, and the most ardent supporters of Gen Harrison. Surely, they have no princi pies in them that has any affinity to the anti-property disorganizing party, by which Van Buren is supported. More than all, they are a religious people, and love order. When Harrison a true ehar acter is known to the intelligent Ger mans, we are not afraid of the effect of those base agrarian principles which com pose the loco foco creed. Louisville Gazette. Keep your ryes about you. Some desperate means are to be used on the very heel of the election to destroy the conquering and overwhelming popularity of Gen. Harrison. The country will be flooded with all sorts of infamous documents, too late to prevent the answering of them. Be on your guard then fellowcitizens, and touch nothing of the kind that you may see flying around just on the eve of the election. They will contain no truth it h evident. Be watchful and put your neighbors on their guard against the arts of the enemy. The administration is struggling for existence and means the most revolting, will be used to sustain it. Credit no reports put in circulation by Van Buren men, as the election approaches. Keep your eyes about you, and tell all your neighbors to keep theirs about them too. The victory is ours if we fight like mem. Fayellville Signal. Mr. Van Uuren taking side with the British. The National Intelligencer, of the 4,th Sept. published a long and very able article on the N. Eastern Boundary, and gave a copy of Featheratonhaugh and Mudge'smap. The article alluded to, defended our right to the. land in question, taking a broad and enlightened view of the subject, and exposing the fallacy of the British claim, and the one sided parlizan report of this rengade, Featherstonhaugh, and Mr. Mudge. Mr. Van Buren's mouth piece, the Globe, offended at the course of the Intelligencer, has the following article, in allusion to it, the next day, Sept. 26: "The Intelligencer publishes a long article, with a map of the North Eastern Boundary. This is a British Whig document, and they find mountains where there are none." It is perfectly right that Mr. Van Buren should take side with the British. The Whigs take side with their country. Mr. Van Buren is opposed to all their measures. Does he intend so soon removing into the British territory? The coldest part of New York will soon be too hot for him. Or does he consider all obligations on his part removed, now that Maine has determined no longer to support him? -Is he now about to turn Maine out cf office -5 The twisting and turnings and prever ications of the President, and the Loco Focos, in reference to the Standing Army Bill, are a good deal like the yonng law yer's defence in the 'cracked kettle case' who made three points in Ins argument viz: 1st. J he kettle was cracked when we borrowed it. 2d. It was whole and sound when we returned it. 3d. We never had it. 1st. The President recommended Poinsetts plan out of courtesy to the Secretary of War as Mr. Leet has it. 2d. His message don't recommend it at all. 3d. He never saw it: and 4th. It was not drawn up till three months after he recommended it. J fash' ington Pa. Reporter. Five dollar counterfeit notes on the Bank of Kentucky are in circulation in several sections of the country. In Mis souri, they arc said to be very abundant, so much so, that one ortwo arrests have been made for counterfeiting, The Lynchburgh Virginian states that three persons have been taken up in that place for passing these notes. The counterfeit plate will not bear close rnspection. d ash title Whig. $ A Yankee Apple tree. There is an apple tree in Roxbury, Mass., noteJ for its age, size, and fruitfulness. It is upwards of one hundred years old. It is rty feet m height, and its circumference eight inches from the ground, is sixteen leet. its iruit m one year has made ten barrels of eider, besides thirty bushels for winter use. V. E. Gaz. A tall 'Tn. The Major observed last evening that he had seen a new species ant in Boston "Ah," enquired an entomologist, "was it of the Tremes genus?" "No, snd the Major, "it was a Gi a)it. Eve. 6 iff. Signs of Drunkenness. Mr. Cozzens, keeper of the American Hotel, in iNew York, was recently a witness in a case before a Naval Court Martial, when the following dialogue ensued between, urn. and defendant a counsel:

You say that Dens, was drunk? Yes.

What do you rrvean by being drunk? Why, he was in liquor. How do you know that he was in liquor, or drunk? Why, I've kept a hotel for twinty years, and know when I see a man, or examine his bill, whether he is drunk or not. Well, then, describe what it is to be drunk? Why, there are various shades of drunkenness. What are they? Why, for instance, some men get excited. Vli3t produces that state of drunkenness? Champagne or Burgundy, two dollars per bottle. Well, go on what next? Some get slewed. On what. On gin, one shilling per glass, to be sure. Go on. Some get oorncd. What does that? Rum good old rum, certainly. Proceed, sir. Some get simply drunk that's done by whiskey toddy. The next stage Some get stupidly drunk, on becr. Go on. Some get loquaciously drunk, and are still able to walk. How is that done? By good wine. What is the next starre? Some get sentimentally drunk, look in

teresting, able to walk, but talk thick. This is theeffectof gin and sugar. 1 l.c next. Some get pugnaciously, drunk on bran dy, and walk, talk and fight like fury, and some get dead drunk, and blind drunk, aye in th gutter, think they see stars at noon day, and feel upwards for the ground. This is done by mixing and drinking all sorts of liquors, at all prices. Weil, sir, what state was my client in? Well, I don't know. He was not blind drunk, nor dead drunk. I should think he was pugnaciously diiink. 1 ou can stand aside, sir. Improved Dialect. '-Tell Chapman to crow, is a saying which has been for some time past quite current in the politicai papers, lint the language is now considered quite unpolished; therefor it is proposed that instead of usinir thst coarse dictatorial blunt f xnression. tll Chapman to crow," we should say: in dicate to .Mr. Chapman to officiate cockerel." Bos. Trans. as PARADE! PARADE ! ! rjnUE VINCENNES GUARDS will Town Hall thia day at 2 o'clock, precisely. Uy order of the Captain. J. II . MASSEY, O. H. Oct. 2 lib, ix 10. K O T I (J E . JOiTKNEYMAN CHAIR MAKF.n, can Ret constant cinplvinnt and a eoiJ ituattou liy applying U JOSEP ROSE MAX, Oct 21. IS 10 20 :5t. 11 A IE S . 'pE suWribcr to the Yincenne Rare, vtJ meet this evening at the Finish, to nnkc Ah'taMe arrangements fur the Ries; a!! persons acquainted with the rules of racing nre particular ly invited to attend. Ey order of th Manager. Oct. 21, 1840. N one E . E HEREBY forewarn oil persons from trading or purchasing a note given by me t Dr. Crawford for twenty-five dollars, as I arr determined not to njv thr same. unlpled lv law. R. S. ALLISON, Itf, 181020-31. Russellville, III., Oct. A large White Snake. PWHE subscribers inform those who nre inw JX, debtcd to them, that thev arc in irrea want of the needful at thu time, and therefore mil upon all ta come forward anJ make payment, or close their accounts bv notes, a an' indulgence cannot be given. We want money and rmist hvc it, to f ay out ow n debts. MURTCf & ANN AH' N. B. The books can In? found at the ol.l sianu r. m. juoore wni wmt a l 1 ft m ... upon you. B. & If. Ocf. 23, 1810 30-tf. RACES, will be three Jays' Racine on lbTHERE Vincennes Race course commencing on Thursday thw29lh of Oct. 1840. I he first day's purse, 5100, two miles and re peat. Free for any Horse, Mare or (ielding. Entrance? 15. The amount of the second and third dav'a r.ur i not known, but it is enough to make it interesting to owners of Race Horses. Oct. 10, 1810 ?-w Administrator? IpilE undersigned have taken out letters - of administration on th pim Joseph McClure, late of Knox county, la., deceased- All 1 estate, will please come forward and make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same, will present them duly authenticated for settlement. The estate is supposed to be solvent. u. U. AJcULURE, LEWIS RAHER. Sept 28, 1810 17-3U Adm'rs. 75 ? RASS littles just received and fbr sJa 7o SMITH Aug. 28, 1839 H-tf IFor Sale. WW O yokes of Oxen, one ox waggon and cart. The whole, or a part, willl ba.es.changed for, corn. Apply to D. S. BONNER. V mrennes, Oct. 2, It 40 nlSwS