Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 46, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 April 1842 — Page 2

Sati hdav, An: i i. ',:, 181,1. Whig1 rricciplcg. "77.? Will, f the Xtifioii urtco'itriIlul hj the trill of OSi: MAS: one residential term, a frugal Gvcrnmet, an t n snh-Trcasur:. opn or revert, in sirstaace or in fact: no Government Dank, bvt an institution ctjriHc of guarding the People's treasure a i l a iminitlcring to th" I1' oi l 's wants. The appoint m-nt f the S.-rretan of i it treasury to oe vc;ad m Congress. Thrjust restrict! n ,f the p mer of dismissal tWm i-fficc uj;c exercised bi the President. The introducing ,f ecovr.iy in thAdministration of the Govcnu.ient, and the discontinuance of all tin. c :res, and useless ofcs." For President in 1844 II I A 11 V C 2, A V . OF KHNTIV ,V. hnccrutic Whig .Yornina;i ns. FOR SENATOR. R, N, C A R H A N , for r r. i' r e s e n t a t i y e . GEORGE LEE C IS The Wabash is hi a tine stage for steamhost navigation. SACRED ml'u;. Coder the above head wid be -em on ' ur first psge, an article from the Religious Hr'p.hl, printed at Richmond. Ya.. to u hioh we invite the special attention of cur reader?. It shows conclusively our tiirer wan! of that spirit which carries with it the general good of the church. An '.mhor ery justly observed that "there is n i 1 1 ? : i a : t in eur natures, which, if not controlled by reason, may bo productive of exceeding i vi!;" ancl hrre sutler up to remark, tliat those who possess true Christian foe 1 in,:, cannot hut see a powerful appeal ;o raon in the article above referred t.. We nrc about getting up a school i.f Sar'c-.) Mt'sic in this place, end we do hope that our citizen will generally unite w ith u in support of this laudable effort. It has already been urgd as Rn objection to this endeavor, that the ringing was good enough that if the people had any .rung to par?, t:,ev rmgr.t nettr-r give it tor fum ot:i?r purpose, j () sueu miserable, n msensica! objections, we need not f T- , ropl v. but re fer them to the at tide before OIu-J-h! to. and in despite of all sued, f. bu ry stutT. w c e s i rrt. n d will a e imln-ii ) 1 as. -.vs'.-k. a? u?'it, miPd t number of i-iv, m gtvmg !'.e :e,-r 1 o r.n.swercd to th.r names at orr Conventioti, !iy reason ot giving as positive what ethers say, in stead of stating fr'.ots frin his own knowledge. The d ..legates numbered over six'y a', counted bv Mr. Kvs and ourseif; -'Ut of that min cer th-.- deioites from 'a-h tjnir-'iip represcr.te 1, selected from a;r,ong?t the r.clves three, numbering m all eighteen, i a? the proc?eli!igs of said 'ojiventic will show.) to nominate suit a'j!c person.3 as candidates t the en-tiin-'' August election, who subsequently answert J to their names. o doubt these eighteen were converted info fifteen Incur neighbor or hi inf. -rrnant. These are fact, not mere opini.-i., and fets which cannot be ga nseid, so no more : dsreprefntation if you p'ea?c 'Squire. A special Minister ha been $t.n: f;cm Vr'ajJiington City f ATexi'.'.-i, with pofitive inslrurtb.-.s to demand the imrr.tdittce libtration of the American citizens captured in company with the Santa 'c expedition. So ?ys the ?. t . Crescent City T t!i loth inst. for a copy of which we are indebted to our friend 1! . Ruble. DICTATION. l):cla,;on seem to be the word now iio certaiit peison. Any thing that does pot xa'tly aecord ith thoir viewi is dietation. Let them d just they please, that is, dictate, and all is right very right. Whttt pe.triotio individuals! No v what is !i:tstion? Why in cur opinion it i for--i:,r 1: man to do what he does not wih to ro. When sixty or seventy person- meet together in public an J propose an individua' for a certsin oftlee, is that forcing t o people to vote tor h'm whether they wi'l not? ertirdv no! ;t is abfo.r ! ...1 T. k tne

public that in their tmion he is e. suitable erson. Ah, but says some one, 1 wish to be a candidate for that office myself, and I think it ver;i icrong, very dictatorial, for any 5et of men to say that ihey would iiher Vi tc for another than forme. Weil, h j i'U think it dictatorial for them to say thi :. y v. roust think it equally dictatorial for tlo ni to vote for any other than your-

s If. Then vou wisii to deprive men of the riglil of voting for whom they please, and in doing 6o, you are the party w ho is guilty of dictation and not the qther. Hut. says another, these men have all agreed to electioneer for their candidate, and that is dictation. When five or six men bring out a candidate, (which in the opinion uf these men is all right,) do they not pledge themselves to support him? When a man brings himself out, does he not electioneer for himself, and get all others he can to do h? Does it make any dKference, so far as dictation is concerned, whether twenty men or ten, or enly one man electioneers for a candidate? Certainly not the idea would bn ridiculous. The truth is, some men are r fraid to rely on their own qualifications, and hope to succeod by this demagogical cent. - ff'ar. The Vincennes Gazette of last week says "Our relations with Kngland aro assuming rather a warlike aspect. In truth we think wnr inevitable. (Je.d speed it." A wise and intelligent people cannot overlook such a prayer to the Almighty 'tis too much. We only notice the article to quote the following sentence of a cotemporary, and let our readers 6ee the contrast. In announcing the arrival of a minister extraordinary. (Lord Ashburton) sent by Kngland to e.djust ell the difference? now unhappily existing, the New York journal of Commerce remarks "The man who would unnecessarily embroil the United Slate' in a war with England, is a murderer and a wretch hanging is too good for him. I eace between these countries, is the peace of the world." cseni Sun. It wiii be seen by the above that our venerable neighbor of the Water Street Luminary, ha taken occasion, with the assistance of the N. Y. Journal of Com merce, to give us a side wipe, because of w hat he has quoted above. Now, we are not meie. e-ger for nn unnecessary wr.r with KngUn J, than our most erudite friend of the Sun; but when we see insuit added to injury, we think it high time, in order to maintain our Nation's honor, to give them a little loud talk from the moutln of our cannon. What think you neighber of our ships being fired into, and forced to undergo an oppressive sea-ch of the Caroline affair of the Creole ease of the boundary question? Are all these things not enough to bring about a necessary war? The fact is, that any man who can tacitly sit and bro k such insults, without raising a warning voice, can w ith propriety be reckoned among the country's worst enemies. How do vou like that neighbor Stout? - .hittver to the Enigma f .Ipril Or A. J A MRS MONROE. INTERESTING KF.LIC. The Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian So- iety have recently bcJ presented with the only original Portrait of the late t ion. George Rogers Clark, extant. By many rf the people of the West, it will be deemed iuva'uable. as a correct repres 'illation of the brave and chivalrous "old.er. w ho in the days of the revolution, led their breve and patriotic grandsires to victory. Tho letter of W. TI. Gwathmey. Esq. the donor, which accompanied the Portrait, contains some reminiscences of the General, which we are permitted t o cop-. Grc-T.ca-tle, Dec. 10, 111. Ger.tler.ien y the Hiitorical and Antiquarian Srridy, 1 herewith send you the portrait of the lite General George Rogers Clark, draw n 1 y "Cook," and the only one ever taken from him. My anxiety to preserve it, alone, induces me to present it to some socity which would do so, and I consider none more appropriate than tho "Historical and Antiquarian Society," parlicuiaily at Ymeenncp. Accompanying it, please accept a few reminiscences of the General partly from my own knowledge, with a description of his position when taken. When the General was carried across from his residence near Clarksrille in this State, to Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of having his leg amputated, a regiment ren lozvoucd at the latter place, known as 'Floyd.'-;." No souuer was his arrival announced, and the occasion known, than th'"" regiment paraded under the window where the General had been lodged; the signal for the commencement of the operation was given from the window, either by Doct. Gait or Doct. Ferguson, when ilia band struck up the "Revielly" the General reclining on the settee, kept time with his fingers to the music, during the whole operation. After he had sufficiently recovered, he was removed to "Loeust 'rcnV a ff iii-U? a'eve Louisvi'le, the reid:nce ot 1,; hrodir-in-law M.ij. Win.

jCroghan, where he remained until he died

(13ili of Match, 1S18.) He seldom ap ed of the power of communicating his idea:, he preferred being alone. A often as 1 have been at uncle Crogltan's, 1 do not remember to have seen him at the table but once, and on that occasion to have refused, would have been impossible. It uas at a dinner partly given by the Major to Capt. Hunter, Ensign Shipp and other officers and friends. The General remain ed but a short time, and desired to be removed, observing as he left, "no one understands me." In his last sickness he was attended by Doct. Croghnn and other physicians, but time and debility baffled all their skill "waving hi hand "Come on my brave boys St. I'in. " w as distinctly articulated, and heard by all in attendance, and were the last words he ever uttered. Tho General in the portrait is represen ed in his chamber, sitting in his armed chair, holding his handkerchief in his left hand, covering one arm. Gentlemen: The "valuable present." as you are pleased to call it, was once presented and directed to the venerable Francis Vigo for his disinterested fiiendship both to my uncio and our country; it was given him too with a request that at his death he would give it to the Masonic Lodge at Yineennes. Col. Yizo died before a favorable opportunity offered for its safe conveyance. I now present it to the "Historical and Antiquarian Society" of Yineennes. If, contrary to my wishes and your united exertions, time should sever the ties that now bind vour laudable and interesting society when there is no hope left for its reorganization when its last member shall "tread alone" through the history and antiquities of our State, permit me through vou to enjoin it upon him from the same motive which now bids me part with it, for me and in the name of the Historical and Antiquarian Society, to give it to some other institution in Vincennes; nor could it be bestowed upon one more acceptable to the donor, than to hang it up in the Hall of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity to which I have alluded. We subjoin the following as a comment on the "sliding scale" of the Rooster at Indiannpo'is, trusting it will serve as a quietus in all time to come on this subject. The Tariff Its Effects on the Farmer. The Ministry of England have no desire to lessen the duty on grain, therefore whatever they may do, will bo done to appease the wrath of the people. This is a subject highly important to u on this side of the Atlantic for, whatever the English mechanic may think respecting his paying the duty, we have to bear a share of tho burden. This is a clear case, for were the duty to be taken off in England, all sorts of grain would immediately risa in prise here, although the price would fall there. Sir Robert Peel, peradventure, thinks to quiet the popular clamour by half way measures and sliding rules in regulating the corn laws; but he will find ere long that the sliding will appl v to himself, as he will, no do. li t, have to slide from his present elevation. Hunger, in England, is a wonderful incentive to patriotism, and the people will soon demonstrate to their rulers, that a h;.!f way measure is not iiiir.t they want. The burden of the corn laws however, fho.igh verv heavy, is but a very little thing in comparison to the grand mass of oppression under which thev labour but it is a palpable error from the fact that protection, in this case can never increase production. The land is mostly ail cultivated, and legislative enactments cannot, in any way, increase the produce of the country: hence taxation i in such a case. not protection in the American sense of the term, Yv e use toe word here as genera! protection. When we protect manufacturers, we, therebv, create a sure market for the produce of the. farm and both manufacturer and farmer are benefitted. Our ancestors understood this to a nicety. Suppose there are two farmers, neighbors, one of whom had been raised a. manufacturer. They raise f0 bushels of wheat each, tako it to England where they receive a very goo 1 price for it, but having to pay a heavy duty and carriage besides, their profit is small. Suppose for instance that they receive a bushel rind pay for ihity "0 cents, and carriage or freight 50 cents, they realize only $1 a bushel. Now suppose each of these men buys a coat, yards at -S'-I a yard, this will cost t bushels of wheat. Then suppose the manufacturer on returning to his native country says to his neighbor, "If you will engage to icke my manufactured cloth, I will leave farming and carrv on manufacturing, but I think I cannot make cloth for $2 a yard, but I w iil sell it to you as cheap as 1 can. if you w ill agree to buy 100 per cent, on British goods." "O ho!" savs the farmer, 'and then you will sell your cloth for 84, or just 100 per cent, on the present price of English cloth." "1 think you are mistaken." says the manufacturer, 'for whenever you tax English goods, these will fall in price in the English market, and hence w hen they come here, the price will not be double what it now is, and if English goods thus fall from S2 to $1,")0 the prico here will be $3 a yard.' 'Well, then, the farmer who starts manufacturing, quits farming and the other farmer sells him some of the very w heat, he would otherwise have been compelled to take to England. Wheat in consequence rises in tliG American market, not by the English duty being taken off, 1ut by a rctaliatory duly being put on here: and that too. 7iot nn u hat, but on Manufactures.' Bit. we a-e not done w ith our two neighbor:' vrt: the one w ant? a coat the other

peered either at the family or convivial ! farmer. 'Three dollars,' saya the other, ly tho Steam Packet New ork. nrnhnatil Pnr RnmP vrnra l.ta cnooj.h ln:li'rmd T wrmf n-lion? iif. c:in tr.i.l ' VCfl VOStP.rJav. WO ll.lVO i 11 1 1 (l id., ot 1 CXOS

been rendered inarticulate, owing to a par-j'What do you ask for your wheat;" 'Only papers opto the 1-th inst., inclusive, alvsis cf one half of the svstem depriv- Sw a bushel, although, by going to a dis-. The news is inte: oeting. but not impor

bread-stuffs. "We !i, neighbor, what do you ask for your broad cloth' says the

tance. I eoukl ret more Now. let nn see.

c . the price of his coat (remembering, that, Texians to enforce the declaration of inoein ths other case it costs Gbushebcf wheat) pendence by Mexico; and Matamoras is 3 yards at 83, amounts to $; and wheat singled out a? the first place of attack. being $2, it will just require 4 A bushels of The volunteers havo been received with wheat to pay for the coat: here is no car- open arms. The New ork carried dou n riage no duty all is gain. 'XJut,' says 1 13: of them. The Civilian says "The tho Loco Foco, vou make a case to suit company of Tennessee Wolf Hunters.

your own views.' Yes, my dear sir, but, we have not told the tenth part of the real

substantial benefit derived to the country ,f men we have ever seen assembled. by such a policy. This is no partv mat-jTherc is not one among them who does ter, no party interest, ii is the interest of .not look 'every inch a man,' and their inevery citizen, it is the cause of the coun-1 ches are not a few. They appear to be try. Sophistry ma)- mistify, abstraction 'just the men for soldiers in war, and good

may bewilder, but practice has rested the policy, and patriotism has unequivocally pronounced it 'the only true policy for America.' Where is tho American whoso blood does not throb, whoso nerves do not tingle on beholding the unfurling of the Star Spangled hanr-er, loose glorious stripes and stars which were thrown to the breeze by the brave Postonians, while the rear of the retiring British were yet on the wharves? And where is the dastard who would uphold the British in any manner, however indirect? Who, so base as to the helpless being who vnw, or at any time, wears the crown of Britain? But what is the Star Spangled Banner? what, the bravery of the heroes of the revolution? if w e are now to lie 'supinely on our backs'1'' while British policy on the other side, and its miscreant abetters on this, are eating at the very vitals of the people. Tho baseness of the federal loco foco leaders, in nothing shows itself more disgusting, than in the endeavor to arouse one part of the community against another mechanics against fanners, and vice versa tho poor against the rich, and in fact one parr of the mechanics against another. But, could the people visit their dens, their tin pans, and see their demoniac grins of delight, at tho desolation they have caused throughout the land, the honest farmer and mechanic would shudder at tli 3 sight, and spurn these double minded, selfish fiends, with detestation and abhorrence. Belmont (O.) Chronicle Bank of Illinois. The St. Louis Republican, of the 11th says: Some of the officers of this institution are in the city; and we understand that arrangements are in progress which, if consummated, (and that they will be, we do not enterta' a doubt,) will enable this Bank to resume specie payments as soon as the Kentucky Banks resume. We are aware that much depends on the institutions and individuals in this city: but that it is to the interest of all to lend a hand to this consummation, no one can doubt, and that all will be dispsed to aid, we can hardly entertain a suspicion.' Since the above was in type, we have learned that the matter has been consummated, and that Shawneetown money will hereafter be as good as heretofore. Knox County. RoBr.RT N. Carxan, Esq. has been nominated for Senator, and Ckokgt: Le::cu for Representative of Knox county, by a Whig Convention. Mr. Caman's nomination is a most judicious one. No gen tleman possesses better practical knowledge of the w.n;.-j of the People, or :: more faithfully labored to advance their interests. Express ( Ter rc-Haute.) Unfortunate Occurrence. "We have the painful duty to record in to-day's paper rather an unusual number of those unfortunate circumstances attended with the destruction of human life. On Saturday morning last, at the residence of Capt. P S. Morehead, near this place, an affray occurred between Capt. Morehead and a man in his employ named Robert Lvons. w hich resulted in the death of the latter, by Morehead shooting him with a shot gun. We forbear making any remarks relative to this unfortunate transaction as t is undergoing a judicial examination before Justices Scant land and UndericooJ Another. We learn from a friend w ho has just arrived from Little Rock, that at Pine Bluffs, in this State, on Tuesday last, a man named Wm, McDaniels committed a horrid and unprovoked murder upon the J body cf an old and respectable minister of the Gospel of that phce, named Gross. The murderer made his escape. The weapon used was a bowie-knife. Still Another. We are likewise informed that a man named Samuel Gillespie, was killed a few days since, in the Indian nation by the Seneca Indian Agent. We aro not acquainted with the circumstances attending this last affair. Helena, (Ark,) Shield. The Minuen (La.) Herald of March 22d. says, "Mr. James M. J ilea, of Natchitoches, was killed at that place on Sunday the 13th inst., by John F.Cortes. Mr. J iles was at the dinner table, when Cortes entered armed with a double barreled shot guu. and without saying a word discharged both loads into the body of Mr. Jiles.who fell dead from his chair. Cortes immediately mounted his horso and cleared himself' Disgraceful Ilo;r. Some of the papeis make a great noise about a drunken scrape between some Baltimore rowdies, and three or four midshipmen attached to her Majesty's ship Warspite. The iow ended in throwing some of the party into the street. All of them, of both sides, were fit subjects for the lock-up. Tioston Transcript.

From the IS. O. Crescent City. April 15. fron Tesa.

tant. It is still the determination of the which arrived on the NewYork. arc, we believe, the finest and stoutest looking body citizens m peace lirm, temperate, perse vering, and lmelogen;. Lieut. Lansing brought into Galveston on the 11th inst., a Me ican prize schooner. She is called Dcs Amigos, (Two Friends,) and has on board 500 sack? of salt. Y 'hen taken, she waa under the command of an American Captain, who had formerly been an associate of Lafittc She was captured bv Com. Moore, off Tus pan. She is a fine craft, and was built originally for a pilot boat, for Mobile-; but on account of her drawing too much water, she w as sold to the .Mexicans, and this was her first trip under that llr.g. On the same day, Lieut. Oliver of the Navy, arrived from before Yera Cruz, having left the 1st. inst., in cir rge of ike Mexican schooner D. Veritas, captured by the sloop of war Au:n and schooner San Antonio, in sight of the harbor and castle. On witnessing the transaction, the Mexicans got up steam on the Dublin, and took their New York built schooner in tow, but did net chu0-:e to come out and risk a battle. Com. Moore had information of two other vessels, one, or both of which, he expected to take the day after Lieut. Oliver sailed. The San Bernard had sailed for Lagona to bring off Mr. T. Lubbock, one of the Santa Fe prisoners who escaped in January, and has since been concealed. The Texian vessels have been cruising off Yera Cruz, for several weeks; but expected to sail for New Orleans in a few days to refit. Yucatan has complied faithfully with her contract, paying punctually the amount stipulated to our Navy, Much excitement is rep uted to exist against S.enta Anna m Mexico. News from the west had been received. All was quiet at Corpus Christi, and no news had been received from the spies sent out on the Rio Grande. They passed through Col. Owen's camp. op. the Coletc, 8 days ago, where they found about 100 men; and were informed that about the same number were at the upper camp near San Antonio. Gen. John--. :i was at Mrs. Sutherland's, not far from Owen's camp. Two Mexicans came into Yictoria from the Rio Grande, a few days eince. Thev were ignorant laboring men, and could give no account of the movements of the enemy, except that the Rancheros on the Rio Grande, were collected, and required to go into serice. Nearly all the Texian volunteers who went out at the commencement of the war rnnrr are returning horn?. At Galveston, the bustle and excitement occasioned bv tho rumors o; war, has in a great measure subs. .'"J, .md men are re turning to busmess rgam. 1 he .Mexicans have a targe nooncr. which mounts a. long 4'2 pounder Paixh am gun, 4 eighteen pounders, and she is prepared to throw Pnixham shot with all her guns: and a steamboat w.iicu. u she can do nothing ehe, ia;i tow the ether. The papers arc Ion 1 in complaints again-1 the conduct of the Texian Commissioners, The volunteer1', both from Mobile and New Orleans, did not hesitate to declare publicly, that the commissioners did not attend to the business upon which they were sent. The daily Galveston News wants to know hoV the blockade proclamation is to uocarne-o out nun tue greater panoi Lie navy is lying in and about Galveston harbor. Red Fish are beginning to run verv free ly, and the lovers of the amusement of , , ,f The colony from Kentucky, under the control of Mr. Peters, has located in the upper end of Robertson county, and in the garden spot of Texas, being in the vicinity of that Eldorado, the Tnree Forks of Trinity. Later elites than we have from Mexico, represent no change in the condition of the Santa re prisoners. Some O: them had been offered the means of escape, but as the proposition came from Mexicans, they justly feared that it was only an excuse to get them retaken and shot. A letter to our office states that an at tack vpen Matamoras is certain. The main body of the Texian forces is in the neighborhood of Corpua Christi. The expedition to Copano had been deferred. The papers are filled with extracts from the prints of this country complimenting Texas and her people. All else is barren as a desert. Ah Old Revolutionary Character. David Wells, S3 years of age. a Revoluary soldier just arrived from the State of Indiana, died on Tuesday at his father-in-law's in Carpenter street, above Sixth. The old man was in quest of evidence to enable him to obtain a pension. The fatigue of his journey, and the consequent exhaustion was the caire cf bis death. Boston Transcript.

Yrcm the N'. O. Crescent CitjMofApri! 15. mora vtasiiingtom war with MEXICO. Dates fiom the Capital to the 5.h The correspondent of the Courier says: "There is a good deal of talk here about preparations for raising corps of vnlim'crc in the Svi.th and west, to bo called hi,'' service in case of war with Mexico. VC haps the movement is premature and mayend in a disappointment that v.;l! not be agreeable to the individuals with whom it originated. Should hostilities belween the two Mepi:bitcs actually take r lace, the valley cf Mississippi will send forth her swarms that will cover the mountains and daies of Mexico thicker than locusts in ;ho

land of Egypt. England would comp'aia of such an invasion with a bad gr..ee cfter her unprovoked and shameful conduct towards the Chinese." Another letter of the 3d contains the following passage. The writer is well known here, and doubtless writes by the card. "The rumored probability of a rupture; with Mexico, has assumed a more definite shape. There is no doubt that o;.r minister to that power lias been dh-eevd ?- make a peremptory dmar.d. f r the.- liberation of the American citizens captured in company with the Santa Fe e .pr-.ht -on. and for instantaneous redress and com pensation for w rongs ar.J grievances indicted on our countrymen. lLf true that Commodore Stewart has uc"!1 ordered to the coast of Mexico, to be in readiness to enforce thes;; demands. It is improbable that Santa Anna will vield to tnem, nor is it probable that our minister will be put off with evasions and eqni vocations. So strong is the belief that n rupture is inevitable, that several gentlemen, supposed to be in the confidenee of the executive, are making preparations in the South and West to raise volunteers, to be taken in the service at the monrnt war is declared, with the hope of joining in the invasion of Mexico. I should not be at all surprised to hear that similar preparaiions were commenced in New Orleans in the coarse of a fortnight from this time. 1 come to ibis conclusion from m observation of certain significant n'.ove1 ments in this metropolis. The invasion of that country, to end successfully, would require at least 20, C00 good troops with a considerable portion of cavalry and light artilery, because to provide against disaster, it would be nccesr.ry to keep cpen a lino of communication, three liund cd miles in length, from the frontier to the capital. With such a force an able and active general would fix his head quarters in the palace of the government within twenty days from the time of set'ing bis fjoi on the hostile soil, overthrow the reigning dynssly of tyranny and superstition, and elevate the etarspanqled banner over the most gorgenu city of the new world. Who can tell wdi.it event the present spring and coming summer may bring forth ?" TirrVle Accilent! The Washington papers of yerte rdny state that notice had been received by the Navy Department that the United States steam frigate Miso;ri in ascending the Potomac on Monday ran sground emm sixty or eighty miles below Washington, opposite the harbor of Pert Tobacco. Every effort was immediately made to get her off by backing her engines -p.d taking the e.ns and other weighty r.rticles aft. Lieut. J. F. Borden wgs sent oct in charge of a boata'g '"row with an anchor, for the purpose of heaving the vessel off, when by some mc-i-ms the anchor got oveb.iard, carrying with ;t the chain cable, w hich in running out eiiher killed or carried overboard every one of the sixlee" mPri cn board. in eluding ihe Lieutenant, and all perished. Tro Madisonian says that so far as the facts havo torao to the Department every8, precaution seems to have been taken, and there is no reason to attach blame to any one. The Mississippi had been despatched to render aid. A. J". 'Tribune. Power of Superstition. A lady arrived in Excier U-st Monday bringing a female servant with her. On the day after her arrivrd the later broke a looking" glass. Sh: became greatly alarmed at the trifling circumstance, ccvered the glass over with a handkerchief, and turned it to the wall that she might not see it. She express her conviction that it forebode a life of trouble and misfortune, and could not dismiss t L e subject from her mind. She said eshould never prosper in the world v ein. Haunted by this idea she became sad an-1 dejected, and went to bed on Wednesday, retiring earlier than usual on account of her illness. The next day she was worse and her mistress desired her not to get up. On Friday one of the most experienced of the medical gentlemen of the place was called in. He found her free from bodily pain, but suffering under perfect prostration of strength and spirit. She continued to sink till 12 o'clock the next day, when she expired, a victim to the absurd superstition of the dreadful circumstance of breaking a looking glass. iV. . Patriot. We discover that Jo Smith is revealing valuable information in the "Times and Seasons" since he has brcamo the editor. The two last numbers are embellished with plates illustrating historical events which occurred anterior to history, which also are explained in a language unkr.own at this time, but which was evidently the primitive language, and was used by mankind before ideas were invented'. We discovered on a large flat rock, in the prairie the other day, many character tharjT are f-e similes to those given by Jo Smith; we have no doubt of there being hid under that reck Gold plates similar to tho found by Jo. Ctiarlcston Courier.