Vincennes Gazette, Volume 12, Number 40, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 March 1843 — Page 1

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TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR. VOLUME XII. VINCENNES, INDIANA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1813. NO 40.

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The Banner of the Freo. Bt WM. AViLllCI. Ne'e waveJ beneath the golden sun A lovelier burner for the brave, Than our Heeding fathers won. And proudly to their children gave. Nor earth a fairer pern ca-i bring. Nor Fieedom claim a brighter scroll. Than that to which our free heart cling. The flag that lights the freeman's soul! It a glorious atars in azure shine. The radient heraldry of Heaven; Its Btripea in beauteous order shrine, The emblems of our Union given; And tyrants, with a trembling gaze; Survey its bright and meteor glare. While Glory's beams around it blaze. And rest in fadeless splendor there. Look, Freeman! on its streaming folds, As g.Jantly they range afar, Where Freedom's bird undautned holds The branch of peace and spear of war; While high amid the rolling stars. With words which every heart expand. Within her beak, serene she bears The badge of our united land. Behold thy star wrought enstgn sweep. Thy country's pride the tyrant's bane! Unrivalled on the foaming deep Unconquered on the battle plain: Along the exulting mountain gale 'Tis borne with wild majestic flow, As trailing meteors skyward sail, And leave the dazzled world below. From shore to shore, from hill to hill, Where Freedom's voice has yet been heard, Tis wek-umed with a holy thrill, And oft rebellion's rlame hath stirred. Around the g!o!e, through every clime, W here commerce wafts, or man has trod; h floats aloft, unstained with crime, But hallowed by heroic blood. 1'hough Franco haih crushed her Bouibon flower And grasped the flag her valor sought, She holds it as Oppression's dower A name is all the boon it brought. Though Albion boast hr cross of blood, Enciimsoned on a thousand plains Vft Freedom' cause she has withstood, And trirked it with tedeeruless stains. B t thin, Columbia! thine' the priz. To cheer the free; and guide the brave To wave through earth's remotest skies, And plant upon Oppression's grave: Thine is the standard Freedom wrought. To re t above the Lion's form, W hose Sinie our rr arty red, fathers sought. To cheer them through ll.e battle's storm, Fiag of the Free! Ftill bear thy svay. Undimmod through ages yet untold. O'et rarth's proud realm thy stars Jieplay, Like morning's radient clouds unrolled. Flag of the -Skies! still peerless shine. Through Ether's azure vault unfurled, Till every heart and hand entwine, To sweep oppression from the world! Trajody in Philadelphia Bloody Retribution. A dandy roue, says the Pennsylvania Telegraph, named Hutchinson lleberton, seduced a Miss Mercer, a young lady of Souihwark, Philadelphia county, lately; went about boasting to his fellows of the deed; and, on Friday evening, the i)th inst.. was shot dead, with a pistol bv her brother, S. II. Mercer, a c !erk in the mercantile hou?e of Carson & Newbold, South Wharves. The Philadelphia Times says he pursued lleberton two or three days, proposing to fight him, but could not get him into the field; then, hearing he was about escaping in:o New Jersey, laid his plans, discovering him to be in a close carriage in the John Fitch ferryboat, crossing to Camden, and as the boat nearod the Jersey shore, discharged four barrels of a revolving pistol into the vehicle, and 2 balls passed thtojgb the body of the seducer, he died in nineteen minutes after. Mercer is under arrest, and there is a terrible excitement existing in Philadelphia on account of the affair. The following statement, which purports to be. in general the version of the friends of Ilerberton, we find in the Philadelphia Evening Journal, of t'.ie 1 ith. a full account of the assassination having appeared in a previous number, of that paper, which we have not received: From the Philadelphia Evening Journal. The case appears to be one of a pecu liarly aggravated character, if the statement i i - , i of the young lauies menus are to ou relied uoon lmplicitiy The statement of in Herbertou's friends give the affair, some respects, a different aspect. Herberton's own story was, that he had no knowledge of the absence of Miss Mercer from her father's house, until informed of the fact by Mr. Mercer's own family. It is alleged that Mr. Mercer, the father of the young lady, received an anonymous letter, cautioning him to "be on his guard against the attentions to his daughter ot that libertine Heberton." When the letter was received. Miss Mercer was absent, at the house of her brother-in-law, and a colored servant immediately sent for her, fmr with directions not to communicate '.v.e oVieet of the meage. These d"rec-

tions, however, were disregarded; for, on her way homo, Miss Mercer was informed of the latter and told by the servant thai "she would catch it." The young

u.l.7 it ;d lte.Te,! alarms! at the conmunication. fled, and went to the house of; an ai'miaintatice. where it is insinuated that Ilerberton had previously been in tha habit of meeting her. and where she sup - posed he would'meet heron this occasion. In this it is alleged thai she was disap - pointed. About G o'clock on Monday evening, it fa alleged that Mr. Singleton Mercer and his brother-in-law, Mr.Quinn, called at the residence of Mr. Herberlcm's mother end inquired for himwas told that he was absent, but that he would be at home at 7 o'clock. At 7, they again returned, found him, and at their request, he accom panied tneni at Mr. Mercer's residence, in Queen street. When ho entered the door, the mother said to Ilerberton: 'Young man, you have ruined me, and I want my daughter.' He replied: -Explain yourself; I know nothing of her." He entered the parlor, and was introduced to the father by the eon. The old gentleman told him that he had good reasons to suspect that lie had taken his daughter away. This Ilerberton denied. He was then asked by the father what he knew of her. He replied that he became acquainted with her in the street, and had frequently met her since by appointment. The father then told him that he must stay there until her return, an J that he should then expect him to marry her. Heberton replied that ho could never think of marrying a girl with whom he had become acquainted in the street. The brother declared that he should stay there and marrv her, or he would blow his 4fl) out. lleberton said he had come c i;ivieriu r, ,1pfVnil himself rru hn wnnhl i ".the house that moment. The old gentler, l remarked, "My son, you brought him here, and you must let him go when he pleases." lleberton then said, "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." and left the house. The allegation of Heberton was, that he became acquainted with Miss Mercer in Che3iiut street, after nightfall; that she accosted him with, "How are you, Mr. Bastido?" That he turned and said, Not Mr. BastiJo, but Mr. Punchinello, or anything else you choose to call me?" That he walked home with her that night, left her at the door, and subsequently met her by appointment on several occasions. On Tuesday morniug, Heberto was arrested, on complaint of young Mercer, and taken before Alderman Mitchell. The following is a copy of tho oath. Information City of Philadelphia, ss. Surety of Peace. Singleton H. Mercer, of the. district of Southwark, personally appears this "th day of February, A. 1). il3. before Joshua Mitchell, tii'3 of the alderman in and for the city of Philadelphia, who. being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he has just reason to believe that Hutchinson Heberton is about to entice, allure, and abduct Sarah Gardener Mercer, a young lady, aged about 16 years, with the intent to seduce her as this deponent very believes. Signed. SINGLETON M. MERCER. Sworn to and subscribed February 7th. IS 13, before J. Mitchell, alderman, about half past 12 o'clock, P. M. At the examination, James C. Vandyke, Esq., his counsel, contended that Heberton could not be held to bale on the charge laid in the warrant, but stated that Heberton was willing snd desirous to have all the facts of the case investigated, as 6uc ; testimony could be produced relative to the practices and character of the young lady as would vindicate him in the eyes of the community. The case was postponed until Wednesday, at 11 o'clock, the Alderman requiring bail in the sum of S1G. The young lady, up to this time, had not been discovered by her parents, and Hebeiton pledged himself to the brother to use every effort to discover her where abouts, at the same lime affirming most positively his ignorance as to when she left her family, or where 6he had gone. On Wednesday, Heberton again appeared, with his counsel, before Alderman Mitchell, when Mr. Mercer's counsel stated that the hearing was unnecessary, as the young lady had returned. and his discharge was consented to, though Heberton's counsel requested an investigation, for the purpose of clearing his character in reference to the matter. Young Mercer was asked by Mr. VanIvke, in the office of the latter, "What d sort of a young lady is this sister of yours?" He replied. "She is, no doubt u wild girl, and often thoughtless and imprudent. The fact of the matter is, mother has been to blame, as she has been careless as to what acquaintances Sarah has made; and she has in consequence made improper female acquaintances," the names of some being given. The father of the young lady insisted that Heberton should accompany him home and marrv his daughter. To this Heberton replied that it was utterly out of the question, under the circumstances of the case, and with a girl of her character. The father then said the only remedy was a civil action. Heberton replied that "that would at any lime be cheerfully met." Heberton left, in com;anv with his counsel, am', from that time

until Friday evening was secreted in a room in the rear of Mr. Vandyke's office, The reason for thus secreting him is staled to be, that fears of assassination were en-

leriaineu. On Thursday, lleberton sent a servant, with a cab. to his mother's residence for hi trunk. When the servant stepped from ; the cab, he saw two persons on the side walk, on the opposite corner of the street, ' evidently on the watch. A. young man j supposed to be Mercer, it is alleged, while ' the cab was at the door, came up and spoke to the driver; and after the cab had started, the same person was discovered on the seat with the driver by the colored man in charge, who ordered him down. ! He was afterwards seen running ahead of ! tne cao, anu me coioreu man. suspecieu he 'as watched, drove around the city, and finally stopped at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, where he deposited the trunks on the steps of the hotel. He subsequently took ihem to the barbor's shop, in Fifth below Walnut, and from thence, on Friday, to Mr. Vandyke's office. During the whole of Thursday young Mercer, laboring under the greatest imaginable excitement at the time, gave strong evidence of a design to wreak his vengeance upon Heberton, sought him in the places of his usual resort, but was unable to get any clue to his whereabouts. At the time the trunks were deposited, a person was discovered apparently on the look-out for the destination, which was no doubt Mercer or his friend, as on that night young Meteor was seen, under very excited feelings, in he vicinity of their then location, and by the purswasions of a friend was induced to go away. On Friday it seems Mercer still continued his watch in the neighborhood. Full particulars of the death of lleberton, Sc. have already appeared in our columns. It is propar to state, thatnany of the rumors in circulation as to the origin and progress of tho acquaintance between Heberton and Miss Mercer, are positively contradicted by the friends of the young lady. It is also stated that Heberton at first proffered marriage, at the commencement of their acquaintance, and after fre quent protestations of love, the time was agreed upon, and her ruin effected. Young Heberton was buried yesterday. A large crowd gathered around his mother's door,for some time before the funeral. A number of females stood shivering in the neighborhood, for one or two iiour-eJ They were anxious, somo of them said, to look at the coffin. The ruling passion seemed to be idle curiosity. The case of young Mercer will be prosecuted by the lion. GeorfiO P. Moilison, the attorney general of New Jersey, and Mr. T. P. Garpenter.the prosecuting attorney of Gloucester county. He will be defended by Messrs G. I). Wall, and li. Matlack,of New Jersev, and Messrs G. M. Dallas, D. P. Brown, and F. Hubbell. Since the preceding was in type, we have received the Philadeldhii Mercury, of tho 13th inst., containing further particulars. IJoth parties were of highly respectable families. Young Mercer, it seems, sent lleberton a challenge, which the latter refused. It also appears that the elder Mercer offered Heberton $50,000 dollars to marry his daughter, but that the seducer refused in insulting language. The Mercury gives this account of the assassination: Both the cabs reached the wharf about trie same lime. Mercer got out, paid the driver, and went on board the steamboat John Fitch, on which the carriage containing Heberton now was. The boat soon after left the wharf, but lleberton remained in the coach perfectly quiet. A char coal wagon stood along side the carriage, O O ' and the two together filled up nearly the whole broadside of the steamboat; but the back of the wagon extending beyond the back of the carriage, formed a kind of recess or place of concealment, where M. had stationed himself. As the bo3t neared the Wharf, the people on board heard several pistol-shots fired in quick succession, each report accompanied by the exclamation "There!" At the first report, a piercing shriek proceeded from the carriage. Mr. Vandyke, who had suspected Mercer's presence on board, immediately discerned what had happened, and running around to the other side of the wagon, he observed Mercer standing with his hand3 in his pockets. As soon as he saw Vandyke, he eclaimed "Hero lain 1 did it I'm the man," &c, and presently broke out with "give us a fiddle let's have a dance now it's all over!" After which, he became silent. The pistol was taken from Mercer's pocket it was one of Colt's patent six barrels. Mercer, however, made no resistence, but yielded himself up quietly. Meanwhile, the carriage was opened, and lleberton was discovered fallen on the opposite seat. Mr. Vandyke giving Mercer into the hands of some ol the bystanders, he hastened to Heberton's assistance and taking him in his arms, said. Hebeiton, do you know me?'' the dying man faintly answered "yes," which wa the last word he uttered. When the carriage arrived at Cake's tavern, Ileherton was found to be dead. As soon ss Mercer entered the tavern.

he began to dance and make joyous excta inations, expressive of gratified vengeance

The police soon arrived and took charge of him. Sarah Mercer has been insane ever since the death of Heberton, and it is doubtful whether 6he will ever recover her senses. Political death of President Tyler A few truths. It is seldom that we meddle with politics it is a dirty business; but when any thing important or interesting occurs, in these troubled waters, it is our dutv to put it on recoid. The political death of President Tyler is one of these interest iug occurrences. I he famous exchequer plan of the President the only means yet brought Usfori? Congress by him, upon which any testing vote could be taken was de feated ou Friday week by an overwhelming vote of 193 to 18, out of which small number there were not more than half a dozen Tyler men'. President Tyler must now abandon the idea of forming a party for himself. The attempt is ridiculous; eyery body laughs at it but ihose who are interested in the success of the aUempt, and they now grin a horrible ghasly grin of despair. Air. Tyler instead of .attempting to "do something for himself," must now strive to effect some good lor the country. Since his accidental rise to the first station in ihe Union, we havi been in a state of disunion. The political cauldron has done nothing but bubble up, toil and trouble, and he would seem to have been the Hecate by whose directions the ingredients of destruction were hurled into it. The correspondent of Le Courier des Etats Unis. writing frorj Washington i i relation to tho defeat of the exchequer bill says: Confess now that ouis is the country of political abortions, ar,d that this last was one of the most peifict that we have made for some time. Wiiat consoles me is that, our most excelhnt and heroic President will be coinpellsd, by this last session, to eoe the nothingness upon which he has been relying his jlans, his jargon, his principles and ridiculous hope of reeleciton. His political innnceuverings remind me of seiges and assaults of Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim, whose fortifications were made of green turf, the mor tars, boots reversed, while pipes ot to bacco did the part of the smoke of the artiUiryiV. lr. Sufidiy Mercury. "it COL. RICHARD M. JOHNSON. In reply to a letter written to him by a committee appointed at a meeting of the citizens of liradford county, Pennsylvania, on the 0th of December last, at which he was nominated as a candidate for the Presidency, Col. Johnson, has returned a decisive answer. He expresses his acceptance of the nomination in the following manner: "Placing myself in the hands of my fellow citizens,'! 6hall en deavor to confirm and to increase that confidence which they have so generous ly expressed in relation to my services in the councils of our nation and in the tent ed field." Lou. Jour Heuef of the States. The Lancas ter (Pa.) Hera'd states as an indication of the popular feeling in that quarter in regard 16 the plan ot Relief to the States propo sed bv the Hon. Wm. Cost Johnson, thai a citizen of Lancaster circulated for few days two memorials in favor of this measure one to Congress and the other to the L'iz'tslature and that ho obtained over one thousand names in that oitv alone, among which are those of many of the most prominent men of both political parties. Petitions are almost daily presenting to Congress on this subject. On Thursday the Hon. J. Irvin presented three memo rials, signed by a larg9 and respectable number of the citizens of Centre county Pennsylvania, composed of both political parties, praying Congress to create Govtnawient stock, on the plan cf relief pro posed by Wm. Cost Johnon, to the amount of the indebtedness of the States. lobe secured by the pledging of the pub lie lands for the final redemption of said stock. What an insult to humanity is the present deference to distress and upholstery, as if silk-worms and looms, scissors and needles, could produce something nobler tfian a man. Every good man should pro test against a cast founded on outward propriety, because it exalts the outward above the inward, the material above the spiritual; because it springs from and cherishes a contemptible prideinsuperficial and transi tory distinctions; because it alienates man from his brother, and breaks the tie of common honesty, and breeds jealousy, scorn, and mutual ill will Dr. Channing. The Quaker girls of New York, have bustles made of hollow Indian rubber balls with strings attached, so when they approach tho meeting house, or get into ' . Tl . I. .1 company ot me oiu sieauies, mey can compress the bii6tles by pulling ou the strings and be as flat behind as they please. Thev also have their talse curls so arranged with springs that they can ship them and unship them at a moment 3 notice.

Uoe-usTStoaey New Coinag-c.

There has recently been put into circulation, in Canada, and along the northern frontier of this State, large quantities of spurious coins, fresh from the "Bo gus" mint. They consist principally of eagles and half eagles, Mexican uohais and American half dollars. The imitation of the dies is so perfect, and the tone or ring of the metal so much like that of the genuine ooins, that the most experienced persons bank officers and others have been deceived. One of the Canada banks received 1,500 ($3,000) before the imposition was detected. The counterfeits of the silv er coins, are it is said, made of German silver, and covered with a thin coatingof pure silver, by the tlectrogalvanic process. The counterfeits of the gold coins are made proba' If U p'a, a metal whene npeu fic gravity, compared to gold is as 18,40 is to 19,0. 9; hence the sice and weight of each piece varies so little from that which it is intended to imitate, that the difference would rarely be noticed the tone or ring of the metal is very simi- j lar to lhat of gold. These pieces are gilded by the process above mentioned, which so perfectly covers every part ol the surface, that the most minute projection or depression in the drapery or ornaments of the device, or the letters of the inscription, is preserved with all the accuracy and sharpness of outline of the original. German silver is a composition of copper nickle, or of a color similar to tin, and wi rth about fifty-six cents per pound. Platina is a while metal, as duetyle as gold, and as before 6tated, of neirly equal specific gravity. The price, in small quantities, is four dollars per ounce, or about one quarter of the alue of gold, in large quantities it would be would be worth, perhaps, twice as much as silver. UticafN. Y ) Gaz telle. CThe Hon. II. W. Elliworth, Commissioner of Patents, has presented to Congress his report for the year lhi3. It comprises notices of the inventions, improvements in machinery, in aris and in industrial and economical processes, with statistics of the population, production, jfcc, of the several Slates for the year 184"2. The editors of the New York Tribune have received a copy of the report, and have presenitd their readers with some of the facts embodied in this vahia&Ia jL uvuitt-eut iu a. cMid dijy?i from which we extract the following: "Indian corn may be raised in the West at three doliars per acre the cost of ploughing, planting, and tilting, with the cultivator and then turned into pork by allowing the hogs to gather it the corn thus cos-tin. but littie over 6 cen's per bushel, , (ears. Hogs in this way may be brought without leeding to weigh 300 lbs., at which size, after taking off the two hams, my be fried up by the new steaming process, and made to yield an average of t)0 per cent of lard. By this process hogs may be made to nett in the west $3 to $ J 50 per hundred, instead of .il 50, whic.lr;is the average now realized for them. A View article of lard of the puiest white; -ry hard, and unaffected by the heat of thaclimate, is produced by a recently discolered process, at an extra cost of only haft a cent per pound. Hogs may be easily kept through the winter by sowing fields of rye, and allowing them to run on them.1 Thus pork may be produced in unlimited quantity at a cost of 1 per hundred.; "Lard oil is how manufactured in vast quantities at the west, and the business is rapidly extending. It is superior to olive or sperm oil for machinery, for the manfacture of woolens, &c, and can be furnished at half price. Upon chemical analysis, it is found to be scarcely different in its elements from sperm. "An inciease of only one cent per lb. on the product of the pork made in the United States would amount to 830,000,000 per annum, and more than this may be easily effected. If the skin of hogs were taken off o.i killing, the cost would be no greater thn now, the pork would taste better, and the ekin would be worth many millions c dollars. The bristles, too, "ar generally wasted, as they should not be. The foreign market for pork, lard snd oil is just opening, and is almost boundless. Tha quantity produced may be doubled and iu productiveness greatly increased. A new wheat has been introduced from the Mediteranean, which is impregnable to the assaults of the Hessn fly and the rust. "The experiments of the last year have fully established the practicability and profit of makinf sugar from the stalks of the maize or Indian corn. Tbe yield is 10 per cent, of saccharine matter, while the cana yield and the beet but 3. "The eiik culture is established in this country. The American raw si'k is admitted to be superior to any other known. Its production is increasing in New England, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Ona establishment m Ohio pays $4 per bushel for cocoons, and profitably manufactures silk to the amount SI. 000 per month. One person ihere will feed 2,000.000 worms next year. Very great improvements in the business have besc made 'vithin that

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The following was ihe written opinion unanimously rendered by the court of inquiry in the mutiny case: OPINION. The Court ere of opinion. That a mutiny had been organised cn boerd the United States brig Somers, to murder the officers and take possession of the brig. That Midshipman Phillip Spencer, Boatswain's Mate Samuel Cromwell, and Seaman Elisha Small, were concerned in, and guilty of such mutiny. That had not the execution taken place, 3n attempt would have been made to release the prisoners, murder the officers, and take command of the brig. That such attempt, bed it been mads in the night or daring a squall, would in She iuivsnt cf tfe3 court, from tho num.

ber and character of the crew, the urall size of the brig, and the dailv deorentin strength of the officers, occasioned by almost constant watenmg and broken slumbers, have been successful. That Commander Mackenzie, under these circumstances, was not bound tr risk the safety of the vessel, and jeopard the lives of the young officers, and the loyal of his crew, in order to secure the guilty forms of trial, and that the immedi ate execution oS the prisoners wa de manded by duty and justified by necessity. The court ra further of oninion. thr throughout all these painful accurrences. so wen calculated to disturb the judgment and try the energy of the bravest and most experienced officer, the conduct of Commander Mackenzie and his officers was prudent, calm, and firm, and that he and they honorably performed their duty to the service and their country, (signed) CHARLES STEWART. President of the Court. (Signed) OGDEN HOFFMAN, Judge Advocate. Whig National Convention. The Whigs of the United States Senate and House cf Representatives held a joint meeting in the Senate chamber on Saturday evening last. Richard li. Bayard, of Delaware, was called to the chair, and Alexander II. II. Stuart, of Virginia, and Jonn C Clark, of New York were appointed secretaries. Mr. Talmadge, of New York, on behalf of a joint committee appointed at a previous meeting, made a report, whiel m xs ur.a3roe-js!y aday.cd recommending "that a Whig National Convention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President of the United Stales be held jit the city of Baltimore on Wednesday, the 3d day of May, 1844; and that the Said convention be composed of delegates from the respective States equal to the number of Senators and Representatives of each State in the Congress of the Ur.ued States."- -Lou. Jour. A committee of the Houso of Commons not long since made a report in which they say that on an oversga each inhabitant of Prussia uses seven centa worth of British goods each Rusaien fifteen cents worth; each Dane seventeen centt worlh; each Frenchman tiver.ty cents worth; each inhabitant cf the United States four dolars and tuo cents north, A Ne w Reading. A deacon net remarkable for good eye sight, once in giv ing out a Poalm, for the congregation to sing, when he came to the lines: . 'The Eastern sages shall come in W'ith messages of grace,' put tho audience in a. roar of laughter, by calling out in a loud voice. 'The Eastern Stages shall co.T3 in With sausages and grease.' The United States House of Representatives, on Saturday, the 1 1th inst., passed a bill to reduce the number of officers employed in the New York custom house. The bill makes a reduction of or.e hundred and ninety-eight officers. The presant number employed is 502. The bill goes into operation cn the first of May next. The aggregate pay, the bill declares, shall not exreed 325.450. A bill passed requiring the land patent to be signed by the recorder of the land offioe, rather than by the person heretofore specially designated for that object. The office is now held by Mr. Robert Tyler, Jr., and the passage of the resolution will abolish it. On the same day, the army bill passed the Senate and was sent to the House. Lou. Journal. DEATH OF COMMODORE HULL. Commodore Isaac Hull died on the 13th. ft his residence, in Portico row, Philadelphia, meeting death as the natural and expected close of a long and useful life, The aggregate length of the railroad completed and in operation in the United State , 4,442 miles. It is expected Ith about fOO will be completed the present year and added to this amonnr. which already exceeds the totallenrrm of railroads in all other countries combined. Th cost, so far, is at least one hundred miflions of dollars. Nearly all the iron for tnese roads nas teen imported from Eng;land, costing probabl v tvi-ehe rr thir:e?n railhon of dollars,

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