Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 50, Vevay, Switzerland County, 19 November 1840 — Page 2

YE VAY TIMES AND SWITZERLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

•-‘COL. JOHNSON

Tippecanoe Ball, in honor of the election of Gen. Harrison, is announced in the New York papers to tike place at a Log cabin in Broadway, Wonder if that cabin has a puncheon floor! ■

From Texas.

£VoinlAe A", O. Creteent City,of the30thvlL' Fire.— Ye«tftrday morningj about four o’clock llio steamboat Kin press was discore red to bo on fire, while lying at her moorings, alongside the Levee. She was cut loose soqn after the fire coinnieQced, aid drifted into the stream, taking the direction of Algiers,. The Empress bad on board a full freight, which, with the boat, was nearly't total loss. The fire issaid to have origi* Dated rn tte tadies' cabin, from what cause we have not been able to ascertain. The current earned the burning boat to the oppoilte aide of the riser, where it came.in contact with the steamer Monarch, recently off the stock*, after expensive repaira; this boat instantly took fire, and waa; likewise destroyed. 1 1 is said a small brig either took firo, or was in danger, but was saved, by tbo promptness of the captain of-the lower ferry, who instantly got up steam, and to the imminent danger of his own craft, succeeded in towing the Empress into the stream. An explosion of a keg or two of powder on board ono of the boat* wax distinctly heard during the conflagration. Tie loss is stated at from *70,000 to $30,000.

YEVAY;

When last seen, sat weeping on a log in Indiana, talking of himself and 'brother Jama.’ M Xtie above squib appears in the last number of the Statesman of this place. The editor who would descend to such low, pitiful and contemptible abuse against an aged veteran like Col. Johnson, who has done his country so much service, both in time of war 4 and peace, must be lost to every sense of feeling and propriety becoming man—nay, ho is worse than a brute and deserves to be scoffed at by all creation.

. . .From the New Orleans Picayune, of the 28th olt., we have the annexed important and intereating intelligence from Texet. The a team-packet ship Savannah, Captain Wade, arrived yesterday morning from Calvestoo, bringing ua dales from tho new Republic to the 23d last. We find the following news in our filet: ■ *

THURf9DAY ; t::;::::NOVE.MREll 19, 18-10.

(KrThe lermmition of the Presidential canvass has aCurJed us an opportunity of making our columns more interesting to the genera! reader than heretofore.

Coxteupt or Court pdxishko.—The Court of General Sessions at Philadelphia have sentenced Mr. Hubbell to ten days', imprisonment in (he county prison, lor striking Mr. Brewster, both members of the Philadelphia bar, in the presence of the Court. He was alio suspended from the bar during the present term.

The Austin Sentinel of a later date contains the following extract of a letter,'dated La Villa db los Jacates, Sept. 20. . ■ Sir—An express arrived at the bead quarters of the Federal army, yesterday from Montere, bringing informaiibn that Gen Urrea was 18 miles from tho city ofMexico,tn momentary e*r pectation of being attacked by the united forces of Buitameme and Gen Santa Anna, who bad formed an alliance to sustain centralism. ,

ftjrTho owners and manager of the Statesman are under the impression that this paper will stop at the expiration of the present volume. Perhaps they are "reckoning without their host.*’ The Vovay Times may yet live to be a sttre thorn m their sides.

Camada.— By the following article from the Montreal Herald it appears that the outrages upon the Canadian frontier have not entirely subsided;

felr’A Whig cotemporary says, the letters O, K, have been transposed to K. O. and aow reads t( Kicked Out,'* We suppose on tho 4th of March they will be re-transposed.and.made to Kindcrhook.

Toe Election*^We have as jet received nothing official fiotn any of the Stales. The excitement has so Car abated that official. returns are alow coming in. The result, tlialGcn, Harrison is elected, being fully known, wo deem it unnecessary to cumber our columns with further returns untilwe can give them officially.

"On Sunday night or Monday morning, the 12th instant, (be barn of Mr. William Wheeler, of the township of Rustletown, was burnt by ionic miscreants on the oilier lido of the line.—

\ ‘The .Texian fleet had been at Yucatan; 1 they were received as a national fleet; the porta were illuminated, and oooof the grandest and moat splendid'festivals ever known in the country was given to the officers of the Texian fleet in Canipcacby. The Fedcratsis of Yucatan and Campeachy were anxious to form an alliance with Texas.

Expenses of latiso pips.—It will be seen.'on examination of the Glenlhworth accounts, that more than $8,000 were paid by J. B, Glentworth to the illegal voters and their keepers' in Philadelphia, besides upwards of $4,000 dollars paid otherwise; and yet the Commercial thinks there were but fifty or sixty additional Whig voters hero from that city. Twenty-five dollars per head would, with $13,000 as the fund, bring more than sixty pipelayers; and if we remember that each man was to vote from, three to ten times, we can account for tho immense Whig votes'in 1830.—A" Y, Standard,

The Monarch was mostly owned by Messrs, Layot ia Amelung, and was insured in thircity for $25,000. It is understood that the Empress waa partially Insured at St. Louis.

I On being awakened he ran out of the house to find that the whole of hit hard earned property save hia 'house, wai irretrievably destroyed, and on founding a horn to alarm the neighbors, two men were aeen runnning south.— The detachment of the Huntingdon frontier company, under the orders of lieutenant Miller, at present stationed there, were promptly on the spot, but loo late to afford any assistance. Mr. Miller picked up a piece of paper, in which a match prepared with turpentine had been wrapped at alittlo distance from the barn. The footsteps of.the (no men were tracked both ways half a mile into the states. Many respectable inhabitants have been threatened, and considerable alarm is the natural consequence. A detachment of the Huntingdon frontier cavalry, under Lieut. Waldcgrave, js at present on constant duty along the lino in that quarter, in order, if possible to restrain these lawless acts.

op Switzerlaxb' Co.onty.— By the returns, rf the Deputy division, it appears that the population 1 crtsod county amount* to ton one hundred and fifty •seven, souls, beiov an increase since' 1930 of three thousand seven hundred.

‘Col.. Jordon tent an express a few days ago to Gen. Canales, to march with all expedition to the Rio Grande; that Geu. Reyas was within 30 miles of him, with TOO men, with orders from Arista to attack him forthwith, but that'he was in such a position that Gen. Reyas could not do it.

Iovva.—Although the young sod flourishing Territory of Iowa, toys the Dubuque Newe, has lately attracted so much attention in the Allan - tic States, yet there are few east of the Alleghenies who have any definite knowledge in regard to its geography, or its aptitude Tor agricultii re and ' tnanu facto res.—T cn years ago this most beautiful territory -was unsettled by white population, and known only to the Indian trader. Now it contains a white population of forty four .thousand settlers, in the Black Hawk purchase alone, which is a narrow tract of about fifty miles average width, lying on the west bank of the Mississippi, and extending from the Des Moines river on the son;h, to tho neutral ground nearly opposite Prairie du Ciiipn.cn the north.—This is the principal part of the territory inhabited by the whiles, and in agricultural advantages ia superior to any other part of Iowa or the valley of the.Mississippi. . * 'll adds to a temperate climate, and unequalled fertility of soil, an abundant water powder, and araost excellent distribution of prairie and woodland to suit the wants of the fanner. With* in a year or two ago, the great excellence of the soil and climate of the northern part of the Territory for raising all the vegetable products of the temperate zone was not known to its inhabitants themselves.—It was supposed that the want'of snow on the prairies would unfit them to produce winter wheat -or rye, which require* protection front the frosts, but repeated trials for the last three seasons, have shown clearly that the high undulating prairie lands are as well, if not better, adapted to the cultivation of tho winter grain than the beet lands of New York, Ohio or Michigan.

.'Canales is determined to attack Reyas as soon as he Can unite hia force with those under Cel. Jordon, which will now be in a few days. Hia force amounts to 500 Americans, and 000 Mexicans.-

From Me Tftto York Evening I V*k The Presidency. ■ ' ,

' Baltimore Patriot publ.ihea tho Tull Tatums of tho election in Pennay I vania, purporting to be official, anil scladown the Harrison majority at]264. The Burnt paper thinks Mr. Van Buren’a majority in Virginia will be align of 1,000.

General Harrison'in tbe President elect of the United States; the" returns from I ho western counties of New York have decided that queer tion. . The lime for a “change’* haa at last arrived, the (into when the people, in order to be' convinced of the benefit# of a Democratic policy, mu & i try a taste of its opposite, . ■ There is no teacher like experience. No man values the blessing of health like him who has just risen from a sick bod—no man enjoys the sweets of liberty liko him who has tasted the bitterness of oppression. We suppose that it is just sowilh all nations; to keep up their attachment to a wire and liberal government, which respects tbe rights and liberties of all alike, it may be necessary that now and then they should submit to see their affairs administered on principles which exalt tbe few at the expense of the many, ' ( ■ . • The Democratic party will watch the conduct of the new Administration, wo hope, in a spirit of fairness, but with a determination to contest every inch of ground, in the atterontwhich will doubtless be made to revive exploded principles and pernicious measures. If they succeed in forcing a National Dank upon us, we •hall never cease to call for a repeal of its charter. If they return to tho policy of internal iropiorementa which prevailed under the younger Adams, we shall demand that they be abandoned-the moment the Democratic parly is again in the ascendancy, If they revive a protective tariff wc shall claim that .it bo .rescinded, -Every step that is takeii in violation of the Constitution and ihe principles of equal rights will be refracted the moment their brief hour of authority I* pa?$* The first step will undoubtedly be to propose a National Bank. They see that the commerce of the country is rapidly reviv|ng„and the money market gradually recovering from’ the state of confusion into which U was thrown .by: the failure of oar banking system, and they will be' in haste to apply their grand remedy, id order that it may have the credit of bringing about the favorable results which must infallibly lake place, and in fact, are now taking place.without it. Let them create their National Bank, and let those subscribe in ile stock who are wilting to contribute their capital to an institution which has only four yean at most to live. ' its charier will scarcely outlive the period’prescribed for filling up its stock, . • We enter upon the contest which lies before us, not only with a firm resolution, but with the most cheerful hopes of tho issue. Democratic principles have taken deep root in- the hearts oven of many who have been led by a popular delusion, to assist in the overthrow of tbe present Administration. The young men of the country, with no very numerous exceptions, are indoctrinated in Democratic principles, friends to the freedom of trade, inclined to those plans of legislation which intetfere least with men’s employments, which create fewest offices, .and which are founded on an honest and rigid construction of the Constitution. Tho moment the Whig party begin to move in those " projects which their leaders have darkly hinted at, but which they dared not distinctly proclaim, because they knew them to be unpopular, we shall have this class of young men instantly upon our side.

[The letter says .'the rifles have done their duty before this.’] , 'Gen., Reyas asserts, bn the authority of Gomez Farrias, the present President’of Mexico, that the independence of Texas would bo acknowledged before the expiration of six months, by Mexico. ‘

Show.—We had a considerable sprinkle of Pnow in this “peek of. woods’* yesterday—not enough, however, to put the sleighs in motion.

*1 have a letter from. Monlero, from an old acquaintance, which makes tbe same assertion. He is just from the city of Mexico. If you .have any speculation on hand,, push" them—unless Gen, Urrea meet* with a defeat, and as yet all is in bis favor.* ' "

“Old Tip. as usual, has been distanced, in bis own township. His neighbors know him.'’ [yevay Timet.

N. CAiijf CetI.—> General Mum arc elected, Tho “loky fokys” am dm worst used up set of critters in all creation—salt wouldn’t Gave ’em. Unde Ebenezer consoles himself by singing the following; Dod dam old Tip and Tyler, Thoy’vo burst Van Buren’s biter.

‘■We have scon tho samo statement in several other Locofoco prints. But it is entirely destitute of truth, excepting the remark that kitneighbort know him. .1/fuwi i township, in which he retides, gave him a majority of 57 votes. Will our Van Huron neighbors, of the Times, Indianian, and other prints, have to acknowledge their error!”—XotcrcncriiirgA Beacon.

We have a private letter from Galveston, written on tbe 33d, which states that the Houston Morning Star, received the- previous day, contained informal ion, direct from the West, to this effect: ‘That.Arista was marching-up the Rio Grande (this side) in pursuit of a dirisoa of tho Federalists, (probably those under Col. Jordon,] when Canales with the remainder, fell upon his .rear, and the other parly wheeled and attacked him in front. In a Short time Arista capitulated,'surrendered all bis baggage, six cannon, and 1,200 men. One of tbe .provisions of the capitulation was, that Maiamoraa should be at once given up to the Federalism.* -. The Austin Sentinel says—'We have been informed by a gentleman from San Antonio, that the Federal cause in Northern Mexico still.flourishes audilial they have every prospect of ultimate success. Col. Scguin has been tendered rite office of Brigadier General in the Federal army, and he is now awaiting orders bn the Medina, with eighty American volunteers. It is probable he 'will resign his seat in tbe Senate of this repobiiCt . Major Howard, with One hundred and fifty regular troopa and one hundred volunteers has left San Anidniaon an expedition against the Gumanchea. This istbo second party that is on its way into the Indian country. ’ A" military post is to be established on tho San Marcos, about halfway between Austin and Sab ‘Antonio. •• '

PoptJL\Tios or New Ori.ea.\s.— By the recent census, it appears that the population of the city of New Orleans is 103,000 inhabitants, including allee*es and all ages.

If it is any satisfaction to our Aarcl ctVer neighbor of the Beacon, we will stale that we have been misinformed. The township we had icferencc to, Summit, was originally the one in which Harrison resided, and always gave a mar j icily against him; but we learn a small comer of it has been cut off, forming a new township called Miami, which now gives him a small majority.

Roiriit Potatoes.— Wc were shown the other day, a specimen of these mammoth growth potatoes, railed on tho firm of Mr. William O’Neal, near Ghent, Ky. One of them, weighed ill pounds, and five of the medium size weighed 11} pounds. They are a most singular production of the potaloo kind, nod very rare in this part 'of the country. They are said to be capital for stock-

Axotiikr Revoldtiosabt Soldi ergOxe.— They appear in England to chronicle the deaths of those who (ought in thc Rrrolutionaty war in this country, as:carefully a*- we do; . A - late number of the ManchesterHerald announces he deathof M. Richard Seal, of Helper, aged 9d. He was a soldier in the 27ih regiment of loot, in the American war; was present at most of the battles that were fought, and was wounded three times. Tho last time be received a musket ball in his breast, which remained there seven years before it was extracted; Ho knew Major Atidro well, and was in America when that unformnate officer was takru in the American lines. He wai a remarkably healthy man, and could ' walk about, and.retained nearly ail his faculties nearly to the lime of his death.—>Vo*icAr«ier Chronicle*

No- Go— Flash is tub Pan.— -Notice was given out here on Monday morning Iasi, that there would be a magnificent i7/umi«o/ibn, great whig rejoicing, and drinking of hard cider at Madison the same evening, in honor of the eleclion of Old Tip. The T-i-p*p-e-c-a-n-o-e club was immediately drummed together, when it was unanimously

*. Narrow Escape.— Tho Cincinnati Ledger states that a child fell from the hurricane deck of a steamboat at the wharfin (hat city a few mornings since, and would inevitably have been drowned had not one of the deck hands leaped overboard and rescued the little fellow by swimming. Such fearless intrepidity should be well rewarded.

tl Resulted, That we and the little bull pup forthwith proceed to oiirsistcr town, and participate with our Whig brethren in the celebration of this glorious event—the prevalence of log coAt/tJ and hard cider over the common eenso and understanding of the people. 1 ’ Accordingly the .“ftrtfc bull pup" waa got in readiness, powder procured, and man-ned by fire boys and a powder-monkey—all in c/ean thirls, who embarked on board the steamer Mail for the city of lights; but lo! when they arrived there alt was total darkpees—tho tallow chandler refusing to furnish them with candles without tho ready in hand, they resolved to put off tho jollification until Ute Banks resume.

It is said that Gen'. F. Houston's projected Indian campaign does not seem to meet with very general approbation, and it is thought impossible lor him to raise at.large a force as that desired, Congress was to* have assembled oo the first Monday in November, -

. Puwtt or Election.— Hdw much did the friends ofvTippccanne and Tyler too.” give for a vote in your ward!” asked one oftlia Unionists, addressing himself to a noted "pipeJaycr.” “We were paid"well," was the reply; “I got the old price, thirty dollars, for my vole.” “Thirty dollars!” said the Unionist contemptuously; “and they pot you off with thatl” “Why, and what did you getl*’ demanded the “pipe-layer,” with great earnestnesi,. uWe got, every roan of us, who could lick his weight in wild cat, and apin yarn with unusual assurance,-thirty dollar* for thefirst,and ten dollars for every extra, foot of: pipe laid!” replied the Unionist. vPowen of justice 1” exclaimed the virtuous pipe-layer, in a bunt ofindignatien—“powers of justice! we have been robbed out of the face!” York Aew Era.

lion. Amos Kendall, wa learn from the Cincinnati papers, arrived in that city on Friday last and intended to. remain there for several days.

From . Ihe Baltimore Sim .

Steamboat Disaster.—Lou of Li/e..'—By ihe Apilachiocbla Advertiser extra, of-this 28th ult., we learo that on the Sunday previous, the steam? boat Le Roy Washington, Capt.Smith, with the mail from Caliachoocbee to Jo)a, and having on board thirteen persons, was totally, lost. Her boilers first exploded, and ahe afterwards caught fire* Six persons lost their,lives, viz: Daniel Rowlett, passenger; Washington Smith, mister; John Ashtoo, engineer; PreslyHIck*, fireman; Henry Carter, a free mulatto, . stewardnames of tho wounded are Mr; Holloman, pilot; Sam Smothers, a free malattb;cdbk; a black woman belonging to the boat, and a negro boy belonging to Judge Spangler*‘ Mr. Willis Alston, a passenger, jumped into the yaw) and escaped* *■ The niail was saved, end the wounded were.cohyeyed.to the plantation of Mr* Sutton, to be taken care of. ’ A Ur* Tappan, who went on board to assist'the wounded and recover bodies, was left, the yawl, having been lahenonabore with the wounded* The fire gained fearfully on him; and though rescued by the return of the yawl, a few minutes* delay would haverendered his escape impossible. The mail,rescued by U. Sutton, was conveyed toils destination by the steamboat Louisa, Capt. James Y, Smith.

" “A Clever Lady! —We arc credibly informed that, on the day of the election in this place, & lady paid a. most sublimely delicate compliment to the proud procession from Old Pleasant, as it passed through our streets. -Her enthusiasm in the cauic actually carried Iter so far as to exhibit to their .admiring gaze, one of her most important nelher garments! The gallanI fanners of Old Pleasant have authorized us to lender that tody their most respectful compliments, and also to inform, her that when she desires to again hoist that garment they would be pleased to furnish her a mote suit able Jiag-tiajf"

Thanksgiving. —This is the day set apart by his Excellency, Governor Wallace as & day of thanksgiving and prayer lo Almighty God. The following, which we clip from the Wabash Enquirer, is very appropo to the occasion: “Geese! who on thanksgiving bled, Turkics who on corn have fed, Welcome to us when you’re dead, And in the frost have hung, “Now’s the day and now’s the hour,” Thro’ the market how we’ll scour, Seeking turktes to devour, Turktes old and young. Who would bo a turkey hen, Fed and fattened in a pen— Killed and eat by hungry men;— Can you tell I pray! Now then lay the turktes low. iLet the young ones run and grow,) ’or Davy Wallace has said so. This is thanksgiving day,”

.Wnta Ueuevo Avurrm. —We giro the following extract from a New York Whig paper, published since HaasisoxV election:' V“In this: market money continues scarce. There is no proepect.of any immediate improvement; the elections have gone against lhe The excitement being over, peoplo begin to consider our future prospects soberly, and it is evident that a change of admi nistration can have but very Halo i influence,, while the.solvency of insolvency of 1 the South' remains.* matter of. so much uncertainty." How many miserable spendthrifts, insolvents, and loafsrsi have been deluded into the support of the Federalists,.under'* belief-that *U their troubles would be ended the moment theft candidate was elected!— Ohbe.

[Sla/rman.

Tbs above smutty yarn, we venture to say, is without llto least foundation In truth, and intended os a base slander upon the female part of our town. The “farmers of Old Pleasant” ire informed that,fromal| appearances at home, the editor of tho Statesman himself stands in need of “a more buliable, flag-tlajf"

The dispute which has now been decided against the Democratic party, has been conducted by them in a manner highly to their honor, with & frank avowal of their doctrine* and intentions, and for tho most part wiih the weapons of fair controversy. Their adversaries on the contrary, keeping their own future policy out of sight, and taking advantage of the .embarrassments of the tiroes, which they artfully and unjustly laid to the door of the Administration, have gained the majority by the propagation of gross delusion. If our party has fallen, it has fallen with honor. ‘

(£y-For the gallantry manifested by our neighbor of the Statesman, towards the ladies of this place, they should call a meeting and vote him an old greasy petticoat.

Fhox Florid*.— We cop; from tbe Apalachicola Advertiser of the24th ult. the following paragraph. It bu been long inspected that there were villainous white men connected with the Indian operations in Florida, and Ibis seems to be the first clue to their discover;. There is a rumor here, for the truth of which we do not vouch, that two or three, or one or two white persons have been arrested at Tallahassee, on suspicion of being connected with the Indians. The name of one is said to be Johnson Cook, a man well known lo.many of.our citizens, who was endeavoring to purchase a keg of gunpowder. This man resided with the Indiana, previous to the commencement of hostile ties, and supposed to have been with them eviT since. He speaks Indian fluently, and adopted their mode of life from choice.'' When taken he is said to have displayed indications of having recently boen painted, after the manner of the savages. We hope this is true, and if so, that every inducement will be held out, to elicit information concerning tbe lurking places of the enemy.

If our adversaries have triumphed, their triumph is their disgrace, inasmuch as it is the fruit of a fraud. - It will be short too; for the fraud is sure to be detected, and all delusion is but for a time.

Hints to are obliged to obtain credit for yoantock, be Ter/ care* ful to whom you apply f -aa a creditor whois him* self “m the screw#" may ruin you. Never gel credit for small sums—nor for any sum io different places—better owo what you are obliged to at one placet end to one man. Every mas to whom you owe fire dollars, will trouble you as $ much, if not more, than the one to whom you $ owo an hundred. It is easier to satisfy one man j than twenty. Give to your beat customers only short credits; and when it has expired coltcc£**omptly. Be dilfgsnt in your business—tfriithful to your word—moderate in your expenafuTref—temperate in your habits—juit In your dealings—moral in your principles—get married to a good girl—md you may defy lawyers, sheriff*, duns, prisons, and the blue' devil#.

In k Husnr—Tho Cincinnati Lodger says Gen. Harmon baa already received & letter from one of his supporters, asking for office* We are at a lots to know bow the General is to provide for til bis lern, lank, hungry, office-seeking supporters. It would not-be surprising to see a scene like the Kilkenny cats, ere his four years expire-—ihe Government eat entirely np, and nothing left of its officers but their tails.

We have heard people say that they are sorry for Mr. Van Buren, who has been defeated in the canvass for & re-election. For our part we euvy Mr. Van Buren. We envy him for the high moral standing to which he is raised by this very defeat; we envy him for the honorable place bis name will hold in history. He is defeated because he would not betray the trust which the people bad reposed in him; because ho would concede nothing to expediency; because ho would not join with those, by whoso fraud the majority has now been changed, in their conspiracy against tbe people and the Constitution. He has been defeated'simply because of his integrity and his inflexibility, and because bo would not swerve from the principles upon which the welfare nfhla country depended, for tbe sake of securing tho present ascendancy of bis party.

Methodists in Michigan— The members of the Methodist Church in Michigan, it is said, number 11,409, viz; 11,267 while members, 12 colored, and 67 Indians. The number of ministers 73, and local preachers 110.

Wm. P. Dames, who killed A. J. Davis, late proprietor of the Si. Louis Argus, has been tried, convicted, and sentenced to twelva months' imprisonment in the Penitentiary.

is lots of competition for the appointment of Postmaster at this place, under old Tip's Administration. Hurrah, gentlemen, the longest pole knocks the persimmon! Ho that has Mowed the hardest, lied i ho moat, and drank nothing but hard cider, is entitled to the office. We know one who ought to have it, but he is not capable of discharging tho duties.

have just received tho official returns of the election in Pennsylvania, and will give a correct table of them in our next. ' Harrison's majority is 343 voles.

Teachers may cult)rate child's intellect and improve the mind, but the things raid and done at home are the busy agents id forming the child's character.