Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 12, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 May 1830 — Page 3

VINCENNCS, MAY 1, 180.

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The steamboat Facility, arrived on the 25tli lit. r.ithtwo large Keel boats m tow, and

after discharging a considerable amount ol freight, leaving cno of her keel boats, leii same day for Eugene. The steamboat Paul Pry, arrived the 29th ult. discharged a portion of her cargo, and left, same day for Eugene I have been in fmmcd she is intended specially for the Wabash trade, above the Rapids. 1 have received the 5tU number cf the "New York Amulet, and Ladies Literal) and Religious Chronicle." it ih edited by J. Fisk,and furnished to subscribers at l per year, printed semi -monthly its mechanical

execution is in the hi st style, and appears to

be a literary periodical of some merit- Sub Kriptions will be received,at this vfllce. The Probate court of Knox county, com mences on Monday next.

Communicated. s Mh. Siour. Having perused some reniarks in the Terrc-llaute Register," purporting to be editorial, under uau ot the I8lh of March last, touching the vote of our representatives in congress, on the bill reported by the chairman of the "Committee of Ways and Means," to reduce the duties on Coffee and Tea, impugning the vote of our Representatives, Coi. Rjon, for having

voted against laying the bill on the table; and 1 having obtained the necessary documents, it is my wish to reply to the "Register," thro' your calumns, and at the same time to solicit the "Register" to give publication to ihe tame. Ucfore I spread these documents before the public, however, I .nuv. say that the vote of Col. Boon alluded to. - .en if it were vrong,"crror of opinion hsuid be tolerated," while insinuation and tgnoru-ce of the lacts and details, should not we itrti o c-mbat it. Will the "Register" ate w; at ait the existing duties on imported Coffee and 1 e t? Will the "Register" teii, whether he knew when he told his editor ul tale that the bill which Col. Boon voted agaimt lying on the tabic, propped to fix the duty on Coflee at forty per cent, upon the anicU at the place whence imported? Let the Register" answer!!! or let those answer, vn nave a greater interest and tibject than ihe editor ot the "Register." Let iho farmers and the poor of the country, to whom those article have become objects of necessity, especially in cases of sickness, say whether the duties proposed in the bill alluded to, are not as high as they ought to be; especially when the price of transportation and commission, together with prouisof the importer or wholesale and retailing merchant be added; ail ot which has to be paid by the people who purchase them for their family use. I will now give extracts relative to this subject, Irom Mr Adams' Message of December, 1 8 3, and from the Message ol Gen. Jackson, of the iulrof December, 1829; and leave the people to judge, and the editor ol the "Ucgiitev" to think "It the Tariri adopted at the last session of Congress shall he found, by experience, to

! hall be subject to r.o higher duty than if the

same were imported tfier the said thirtieth day o? June one thousand eight hundred

thirty-one: Provided, That no;hing herein contained shall he construed o alter or post

pone ihe time when the duty on said tea shall

be payable.

ANOTHER TERRIBLE EXPLOSION! More horrors We appear, now, to be doomed, i-eekly to record one or more of those dreadt'ul occurrences, that fill the mind with horror the explosion vf steam boat 6ctr.?.' The Stranger the Utlen Mc(ieg. or, the William Tell, the Huntress have fob owed each othei w ilh appaling rapidity; and now another equally ttmfic explosion with that ot the lltlcn McGregor has occuired. When wilt this we ate almost tempted to say wanton 'infliction of misery and waste

of human hie cease! Surely public semi mcntcannct longer lie dormant! Of this event we have been able to collect the following particulars, the Caledouia . towed by the Paul Jones, having armed at our landing early th'u morning, (the 24th:)

On Sunday morning last, the 6th instant, at 1 1 o'clock, five miles below Milla Point, on the Mississippi, near the right bank ot the tivcr, the boat under good head way, ti.e 'ar board boiler of the Caledonia hurst, carrying destruction to every thing on that side of tiu boat, dislodging all the other boilers, and de stroying and maiming a great many peom. -There was four hundred persons un boau., and it is perhaps owing to the circuin.ai.c e of the rent btlng made near the fiont end ot the boiler, and from the bottom laterally out wards, that the loss of lives and mjuties mis tained were so few. It is stated ; t . a i the en gineer, Joseph Russell, why wus passing Uie boiler at the moment ot the uxpiosion, had

expressed hi apprehensions a day or two

previously, that that boiler was not sounl; ft

the appearance ot the rent induce a belb I that

his apprehensions were correct. The unhap

py man was blown fifty yaids into the liver!

It is also stated that the boilers had not been

eleaned out since the boat ieft Louisville a . -i r i

nother eviuence oi extreme neglect. A scene of dreadful confusion, it is thought, also, with loss of life, took place alter wards on the boat's

swinging round to the shore. There was an a

larm of the boat being on fire & having pow

der on board. All self-possession was imme

diately lost. Great numbers threw themselves overboard, and the ladies in the cabin were otdy prevented by the greatest exei lion' from precipitating themselves into the water also. That some were drowned, at this time our infoi mant has no doubt. j The boat herself, presents a melancholy

spectacle, uesor-uion seems to reign over every part of her: the furnace and boilers a heap of ruins; one of the chimneys thrown down the larboard guards blown away every thing in disorder, and the floor of the ca bin strewed with the suffering and dying victims. The scene eould not be contemplated without the most painful emotions and a strong desire never agiu to hear of sur.h a nother disaster or witness its tcsui's The lollowing list of the Uilicd, wouwk-d and missing, was politely furnislud us v a gentleman, one- ol the pajscogers on board the Caledonia, taken bv him on the :xamina ation of the register of the boa.; hut he expresses his opinion that it is y vo means coricct as 'here are a nu ub i ot uc Mimed packages now on board, exclusive of those that belongs' t Si e killed here mentioned. It i& a remark. ole fact, that not a single dead bodywas fmnd onboard: all instantliy killed, being blown into the river. KILLED. Philip Orne, of Ky; John G Sherdon. Ind; Jonas Chamberlain, of do; passengers: Joseph Russell, brother to the captain, engineer; lour colored ncnjireme n. BADLY SCALDED. Hardy Carlisle, of Ind. near Evansville; J. D. Hughes, Hendetson; Charles Moore,

; (colored man) Ind; Aasa Levett, Ind; Sami.

OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. J'avy Department Marchy Z0ti 1830. Sir. It has been proved to my satisfaction that Lieutenants Edmund Byrne and Hampton Westcott, passed Midshipman Charles H. Duryec, and Midshipman Charles G Hunter, ot the United States Nay, were recently concerned in a DUEL, which took place between the fist named officer and William Miller, Jr. of Philadelphia, which resulted fatally to the latter. I respectfully recommend to you, that the names of the officers, Edmund Byrne, Hampton Westcott, Charles H Duryce, and Charles G. Hunter, be erased from the list of officers of the navy of. the United Stales. I am, very reopectlully, Sec. JOHN BRANCH. To the President of the U. States.

Let the above named officers of the Navy

be stricken from the Roll.

ANDREW JACKSON. March 31f, 1830.

Watem Fnterprizt. An expedition hit been, for some lime past, fitting out in this -ay, which furnishes a tery favorable illustration of the cmerprize of our Western people. The expedition is under the immediate control of Messrs. Smith, Jackson and Subtctte, and is destined for the Rocky Mountains. Seventy men are engaged in the service, and ten heavy wagons are employed in the transportation of the merchandize and baggage of the company, h j5 the present design to proceed the whole of the dislanc with wagonsa means of transportation eever betore used in expeditions to that country. The principal men conceaned in the enterprise, arc sanguine of their success of the

experiment and in the event- of an attrcK from the savages in the open plain, the wagons may be tormed into a brcaatwoik, againat w hich all their assaults will be ur availing. We wkh the gentlemen every su cess in their adventure. Missouri Republican.

bear oppressively upon the iuieiesl of anyone section of the Union, it ought to be, and

I canuoi doubt w ill be, so modified as to alleviate its. burdens." Mr. Adam Message December 1, 1828. Gen. Jackson in his Message to Congress, say?: "I invite your attention to the existing Taii if, believing that some of its provisions require modification. " Again PresidepJackwn says; "Discarding all calculations ov political ascendency, the north, the south, the east, and the west, should unite in diminishing an) burthen, of which either may justly complain." But 1 know enough of the objects of the

sdiior of the "Register," to believe he would 1 Murphy, dc; Thomas Peals, unknown; Wm

rather serve men than measures, and that too without inquiry. But he is cig"y and 1 shall add no more. 1 have procured a printed cony of this Coffee and Tea bill, and request us publication. THE FARMERS' FRIEND.

Mr. McDuffie, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A BILL TO 11IDUCK THE DUTIES ON COFFEE AND TEA.

Chccseman, Ind; Emanuel Victory, do; Jas. Hamilton, Kentucky; Parmenius Palmer do; Marshall, moving with a family;, Christmas Disney, an Indian interpreter. A Of these, two have since died. "i There were many others more ofIess scalded, but are all likely to do well. Some of the badly scalded are expected to recover.

NEW ORLEANS, April 1, 1850. Great Fire Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a fire broke out in

Be it enacted by the Senate and Haute cf a house in Custom-house street, between tc United States o America in Congrest j Chartres and Dorsier streets, occupied by uMtetHbled Thai horn and after he thii tieth ; Mr. Quirk, chair maker. The fire originaday of June, one thousand eight hundred and ! ted in the rear of the house, in the process of thirty, the duty on cotTee shall be foity per making varnish. It soon communicated to etnt. ot) the value at the place whence im- j the adjoining building, occupied by the prinported, and no mote; and that, from and af-j ting otfice of the Mercantile Advertiser; and ter the thii tieth day of June, one thousand j five lare houses, full of goods, were almost eight hundred and thirty-one, the duty on tea j entirely consumed. The fire extended the imported from China in vessels of the Uni- j Dorsier street, and back nearly to Canal

ted Slates shall be hlty per cent, ad valorem ! street.

DUELLING. The prompt removal of Lieutenants Edmund Byrne and Hampton Westcott, Passed Midshipman Charles II. Duryce, and Midshipman Charles G. Hunter, from the Rolls otNthe Navy, for having been concerned in a duel at Philadelphia which resulted in the death ot Wm Miller, ir. Esq. reflects the

j i highest honor upon the Secretary of the Navy and the . hief Magistrate of the Nation, k is eviuent ttom the published correspon ilence between the parties, that Miller drag Kd into tlu c ntes; eontiyry to Ins wishes, .s judgment, and the Otttcr feelings of his heart H wa in amiabe man, and a man ..I generally contct principles; but uufortu atel) oad not sufficient couruge to endure he taun s ol Wis h jnorable foes whom nothing bu his b.wou i ooid satisfy, He yielded; and has exchange; e bioom and beauty of Spungtor the iaod ol ulenct and the shadow ot death. 1 he sensation preducen by this melancholy event, induced the House of Representa tiesof Pennsylvania to paaa a resolution requesting the Pi esident of the United States "to strike from the rolls of the Navy the said Lieui Midshipman Charles G. Hunter." This nquest was ordered to be made with a view to express their disapprobation of du

ellmg, and the inlractions of the laws of Pennsylvania." It would seem that the note of the Secretary ol the Navy to the President, and the laconic decree ot the latter, were

permed bcfoie the resolution of the Pennsyl vania House of Representatives came to hand, unless perhabs in an unofficial from through the newspapers. We nave 'bus an expression of sentiment on the part of the legislative Assembly above entioned, ana aiso by the Executive ol the nation, which cannot lail to be highly impor tant in its results. " The greatness o! its coi. sequence," says the National Intelligeu cer, "lies in its being a precedent, which probably will atttle ihe question, forevci, that iv duel or challenge of defiance to a duel will he K i ated. on the part of officers of the Navv oi Vimy, with persons in the pri vate.wa'k -l under any circumstance uhatt'vci, il between themselves." It is a prr.eedent wnichthe Americanif ou'raie ,)(,pand to sustain-, however some .tvh j c k i damlks may flounce, as their i .hts r.H?r invaded. It will add a new lautel to tiit iame 1 Gen. Jackson, in the view of all peaceahi , humane and reflecting men. Only ti ike ouci ing disgracelul and it will cease; for of all men on earth, the duellist is least able to encounter the tide of public opin ion. IniuftV rable vanity is usually at the bottom ot his movements, united perhaps with no moderate portion ol malignity, and the moment he feels the withering blast of contempt, he is cut adrift from all his resources, and finds himself fchip wrecked upon the very rocks which he intended to avoid. Were the principle adopted by Gen. Jackson to be carried, through; were all persons guilty of fighting or taking part in a duel, from and after a given date, to be made incli gible to any public office, either under the General or State Governments, confident we are that the recurrence of these barbarous scenes would be u few and far between," P. S. Since the above was in type, we have received the U. S. Gazette of yesterday, from which we learn that a resolution approving the conduct of the Piesident in striking from the rolls of the Navy the individuals aboved named, has passed both branches of the Pennsylvania Legislature. Journal cf Commerce,

Counterfeit five dojlar bills of the Un -cd States Bank, payable at Cit cit nati, Ohio and New Orleans, were in circulation in the latter named city. In the genuine notes the ? o? th four small figures on the sides are well distinguished, and the flourish of the letter C which begins the wmd Cashier, is hard y to be made out, whereas in the spurious note, it

is all the reverse, and the eyes are full of ink.

A. Y. Advocate. The St. Louis Gazette states that the Fox and Sac Indians have become desirous of selling their teriitory to the United States. In mineral wealth, it is said to be greatly superior to that lattly acquired from the Win-nebagoet.

AVgro settlement in Canada. Resolutions have been passed by the House ol Assembly of Upper Canada declaring that their is just cause of alattn for the peace an security of the inhabitants of the Western part of that province on account of the introduction of a number of negro settlers, and that measures

m ould be adopted to prevent their partici

Wc have heard no estimate of the ; pating m the civil rights of the people of Can-

and no more; and on tea imported from any loss; but it mu?t have been very great; the , ada and a Committee has been appointed to

other place, or in any oincr Uian vessels or j principal apparent sufferers are Mes the United States, sixty two and a halt per j Quirk, Wm. Frost, jun. and Charles B centum ad valorem, and no more. i the. office of the Mercantile AdveTtisct-.:

Messrs

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Sec. 2 .1nd be it further enacted by the a:-. insured, but most of the materials were saved. th zriiy aforesaid That tea which shall be j j hereafter put into the custom house stores, ; Cincinnati, April 1 3. under the bond of the importer, and which j Gen. W. II. Harhiok, late Minister to shall remain under the control of the proper : Colombia, reached thi city ycsterbv, and officer of the custom, on the thirtieth June, departed last evening for his residence at or tliOUfeand ciht hundred and thirty. one, North Bend A j. A' ft.

it-port a bill lar the purpose of preventing the introduction of Blacks and Malattocs into the province. ,1rxca seems to be the only place where this degraded class of our population can be permitted to pursue without molestation that t oursc which is necessary to fit them lor the tnjovn s ot life, liberty and happiness, utid wc&Mould rejoice if every one was their. Ohio Republican.

CANDIDATES DEPARTMENT

MONDAY 2d august, 1830. Senator For fciojc, Daviess MartifT. Wilson Lagow. Representatives. John Decker, John- C. Reily, E3ENEZER LTON, JoSLPH CHAMBERS. Sheriff. John Mykrs, Alexander D. Scott, John B, Laplant, John Purcell. Recorder. Samuel Dillworth, John A. Dardenne, Alfred G. Lagow, Hichahd Bbck, Henry Ruble, Elihu Stout. Chauncey W. Almy, Geo. W. Caruthers Clerk. Genl. VV. Johnston. Wm. L. Withers, Samuel Hi Li.. Daniel Clark Johnson, NOTICE. !Tf AVING purchased the right of making and vending within Kn-.x county, Penkham Mosher's Washing Machine, for scouring and washing clothes, any person wishing to pui chase can have them on trial, and ii" not approved, may be returned I have also on hand and intend keeping, a supply of Ca-' binet Ware of the best quality; will also do Carpenter's and Joiner's work at the moat reduced prices JOHN MOORE. May 1st, 1830. 12-3t.

NOTICE. njfHEREAS we have filed in the ProV V bate court of Duboi county a succinct etatemen of the estate of James Tolley deceased, and find the same to be insolvent a settlement of which will be claimed accordingly. All persons failing to Dresent

their claims before the determination of th court thereon shall be nostpontd. JAMES TRAVIS U AR I HUR HARBINSON, Adm of Jamet Tolley deed. April, 1830 12 3t

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Taken Up Y James Robertson, residing four miles t5 from Evansville, in Pirean township Vanderburgh county la. BLACK HOR b about or near 15 and a half hand nih opposed to be about seven yean old this spring the hair worn off his sides with the htir- (' rup leathers some small saddle marks, and a few white hairs on his forehead. No other marks or brands perceivable appraised tt forty dollars bv Daniel Milbr, John U Stinson and John Robertson, before me W. RAWLEY, J. P. April 23, 1830. 1 2-3t land for sale.

THE Subscriber will give a bargain in 400 acres of land, No. 231, additional

donation, in the neighborhood of Abram Hob

1 1 r rr t w i r t K nt in1itniilkln ..'It I

' u ' u" illUIJJUiaulb lllIC Will U

given a description ot the land, its advan. tageous situation, kc is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase will examine for himself. N. SMITH October 24, 1S29. 3y.tf

SMITH & TRACY'S T in & Shed Iron Manufactory.

L. ..... - C 1 1 .

uio toiucr 01 .Market ana hecirtJ

stteets, have on hand for sale, a laiiro

and general assortment of Tin and Sneet Itcri ware, which they offer at reduced pinesTinware will be sold wholesale and retail upon advantageous terms to purchasers. Vincennes, October, 24, ' 8-9 37-tf X lew pounds of Wool wautcii.'

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