Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 8 May 1830 — Page 3

WCSTHUitf SUM.

VINCCNNCS, MAY 8, 1830.

The Tally-ho passed this place on ! Wednesday rooming last, lowed by the Gen

eral Coffee, bound ior Louisville. She appeared from this shore to be very much wrcckc$ lb.

The steamboat Tippecanoe from Shaw ncctown, arrived here on Sunday the 2d. dis-

tv charged part of her cargo, and proceeded up for Lafayette. Same day flic Facility passed down from Lafayctle. The steamboat Fairy arrived on the morning of the 5th from Louisville left same day for Louisville. Same day the Paul Pry passed down to the Rapids next day returned, discharged part of her cargo, and proceeded up. Criminal Negligence- in Steam boat Navigation. In reference to this subject, whicn, after the late destructive disasters, is beginning to attract a due portion of public alien

tion, we lake pteasurc in adverting to a late decision in Cincinnati by Mr. STAnn and Mr. Hammond, two distinguished lawyers, w ho acted as arbitrators in a late case against the insurance company for damage to a steam boat by the bursting of a boiler: "The siearn boat Kenhawa stopped, last June, at Guiandot to receive and discnarge passeugers s She rem lined at the shore tor a short period. V Nothing extraordinary occurred in any of tTCt movements. When she was about be ing put oft' from the shore without any visible exterior cause, one of her boilers burst, and , occasioned much injury. There is no proof of any violence operating upon the vessel, from the condition of the river, from con ccalcd loirs sn.iirs, or shoals There is no

NEW YORK, APRIL 20. Latest from Colombia. From a correspondent at Laguira, we last evening received the following communication, dated 19ih uit. "Herewith you have a file of Carracas papers. From the coloring which these papers seem to assume, one would almost suppose that a civil war in Colombia was inevitable; but, on the contrary, I think there is but little reason for entertaining fears of an event of the kind. "Venezuella has declared herself independent, and her independence she is determined

to maintain. Bolivar's troops, 'tis true, are

daily deserting him, and uniting with the

i Venezuelians at Malacaibo, which place, by

the by, has within a short time, united herself

to Venezuela.

"Intelligence was received here a few days

ago, that Commissioners sent by Bolivar to

treat with General Paez concerning Venez

uela, had arrived at Valencia, where Paez

then was. Paez in reply to them, gave then

to understand that he was willing to treat

with them on the condition that Venezuela be acknowledged an independent state, in no

wise subject to the Republic of Colombia

and on no other terms.

"Bolirar is becoming so very unpopular

among his own countrymen, and can have so little confidence in his troops, that I think he

will not attempt to force his way into Vtncz

firoofof any fiaifiable neglect on the fiart of ueia Aas! now has greatness fallen. He . - " . -. - . ;. . i -

uir rwr.., wur, cru ' j t,at but a lew months since, I may say, was

universally styled a second Washington, or

the Washington of the south, (not that I ever considered him entitled to that appellation)

is now, by his own countrymen, stigmatized

as an usurficr, a traitor and a tyrant. The above was received by the brig Ran ger, Captain Whittaker, 30 days from La guira 3 Gaz.

navigating the boat Th s. were the facts,

lyet the arbitrators, very justly, decide, that the accident proceeded Irom as peril of the river, covered by the policy; but is deducible from, and is properly artribuiable to, the negligence of the engineers It was apparent that the boiler bui si from ihe exhaustion of "water in it, and that human prudence and diligence might hae guarded against it, and taken measures to supply ii II not, and if ste-.im contain such a property, as that by no skill and diligence it can be controlled, no one would empiay it. A hi in might as well sport fire among gunpowder. The arbitra

tors were therefore ol opinion, "that no proof

of the caution, the skill, or usual carefulness of the engineer, can be teceived to ovenule what we esteem an inherent law in the organization and employment of steam engines ' namely, that, with proper care and attention, and nth soutd engines, they are, and nust be site, and subject to perfect control. They add, 4 When a boiler bursts, it is )u- opinion that, if it canno' be traced to so'n obvious extet nal cause, it must be at tribu td o a defect in 'he construction of the e gtne, or to ome neglet t in the person stipec itending it," And as defects and neg lect &rr n jt ensured against, so they award in favor defendants Tins decision, it will be perceived, throws

a great responsibility upon the engi'ieer and!

owners. Bui not more than is right a-d just, upon p. in iples of public policy By analogy to the case ot common carries, the responsibility ought to be strict And the learned arbitrate s remark, that the reasons drawn from the usage of common carriers, anply with equal (w would say wi h greatei) !orc- to the engtnee: on b ard . steam boa' k,Not onlv la'ge amounts )f prope ty. saj t tey, but

the lives, somnimes of hundreds. awl alwas

CHOCTAW COUNCIL. We have been permitted to make the fol

lowing extract from a letter to a gentleman

in this city, from one of Missionaries in the Indian Nation Whatever may be our views in relation to the expediency of the emigration of the Indians, the scene described in

the letter alluded to would move the soul of

Stoicism itself. We can onlysay that we sincerely hope the utmost leniency will be

extended to them that the execution of the

recent acts of the Legislature in relation to

them will be suspended until the result of

the mission to the Federal Government shall

have been ascertained.

" The National Council met on Monday

the 1 5th day of March past, to determine the future course in this great crisis of their

national existence.

On the evening of the first day of the Council (the 15th,) the Captains re elected Greenwood Leflore Chief of the Western

District, without a dissenting voice. He

was then carried in triumph through the

Captains of the other districts, and a large assembly of Warriors, his officers singing a

hymn in their native language; they then prostrated themselves before the Eternal, when their Chief elect closed the solemn scene by an affecting prayer in behalf of his

nation

On the forenoon of the second day of the

of many, are confided to his atten ion and Council ( the 16th,) the Chiefs of the other skill. The strictt ess ,uid seveiity ol his lh-; two districts, came forward with theirCap-

bi lit v fo- .iPi?!itrence should be co extensive : tains and warriors, resigned their several off!

ces. and unanimously eiecteu oreenwood

Leflore the Chief of the whole nation. Then

lollowed a pleasant season of rejoicings, and

the exercises of the forenoon closed by their

Chief elect in solemn prayer, in which the

whole assembly united as with the heart of

one man.

1'JXth th MISCHIEF THAT NFGLIGENCE MAT produce. A:id the t'aci that the er is as great to himself as ihe others ought not to mitigate his liability The jeopardy ot his fs'afe.W he have -any. should be added to that ol his life. Shaivnee-town Gazette. Another Steam-Boat Bciler Burst! The heart quails :d -ickens at this terrific exclamation, now weekly bui sting on the astounded senses Yes, it is. this week again, our painful task to give an account ol at other ol these melancholy occurrence. 'I he information is, lht one of the boilers of the TALLY HO. early on Friday morning 23d. ult at the moment of shoving off the bot from the landing at the town of Dover, on the Cumber and rirer, burst with a violent explosion, by which a fireman and the pilot were Instantly killed (the fireman lite ally tor . to fi ece j and the pilot blown into Jllthean) the engineer so badly scalded, that he died in three hours afterwards, the Captain much scalded and thrown into the river, from which however he was rescued and several other persons on board more or less injured. In this case, as in that of the Caledonia, ihe. hnilrr. it srem. was defective; and

wlut aggravates the criminality which is attached tothis duster is thai this defect was writ kn'.ivn to the engineer and the owners of the boat, and had been the subject ol romoni str:nce bv the engineer to the m ThisinforjtTnvion we received from a gentleman who arrived at this place from Nashville, in the w steam-boat Fairy, on Wednesday morning last; and who states, in addition, that the Fairy was in sight, at the time of the explosion, asrending the river and lhat Captain Buckner promptly rendered every assistance in his power tint humanity could dictate, even to the sacrifice of his picun'my intcrcbt.

In the afternoon the National Council was organized, and the important object of its call introduced by the Chief. The Chief presented a concise view of the difficulties of their situation, and the alterna tives which were belore them, and the neces sity of immediate choice. The address ot the Chief was followed by an aged warrior who had fought under General Jackson, and another fiom a warrior and still older,, who fought undct General Wayne. The discus sion continued to a late hour, when the vote, being takenwas found in favor of'cmigra tion. On the 17th, articles of a treaty were prepared, and on that night signed by the Chief the two late Chiefs, the Captains, and two or three hundred principal warriors. On the 8th in the afternoon, the Council adjourned, and the treaty despatched to Washington City by David W. Hailey. The Chief directed all his captainsto ex ccuic fatthlully the laws of the nationVnot in opposition to Mississippi, but with belief that Mississippi would not interfere when she discovered the Choctaws were endeavoring to get out of her way. The Chief expressed a determination not to emigrate with a poor, pennyless, and ruined people. Throughout the whole proceeding the spirit of brotherly kindness and fervent piety were evinced, and the full faith that the Great Spirit would be with them in their removal, and bless them in their new home." Natchez Galaxy.

From the Journal of Health. CAUTIONS FOR THE SEASON. The Vernal equinox is past: spring will,

ere long, make its approach, and nature hold

her festival. Poets delight to celebrate the advent of gentle spring, the wind winged emblem of hope, nd love, and youth, and

gladness. We would not mar such a fair

picture by ill timed shading. Let it remain

to be enjoyed by all who have taste for natural beauties, and blessed at the same time with

buoyancy of health and constitutional vigour. We would, however, that it shoujd be tev parately erfjoyed by even this description of persons. Our province leads us not to turn away ungraciously or ungratefully from the rich stores of the seasons, which a bountiful Providence spreads before us, but rather to prolong the pleasure by a temperate and discriminating use. The sluggish movements and pale shrunk skin, induced by wintry cold, are now succeeded by the light bounding step, carnation tint, and sparkling eye. The tendencies of all animated nature, even to the vegetable creation, are expansive parts of the body, before, in a measure torpid, are now excited; the senses are more acute, the feelings and intellect are more susceptible of varied and energetic display. All the sympathies between organs are now doubly active. The great changes of temperature, and in the direction and force of the winds at this season, in which one day differs from another as greatly as summer is at variance with winter, arc attended by corresponding mutations in the activity of the functions of the living body. The skin, warmed and excited to perspiration in the neonticle sun, will, without due precaution, be chilled, and have its pores suddenly closed by the keen, cold air of the evening and night. The hurried breathing and circulation, by the active exeicise of a vernal day, are often causes of painful palpitations, pains in the sides and headaches, especially when they coincide with a sudden obstruction to perspiration. The sensibilities of the digestive organs being increased, the full diet of winter, will, if persisted in, give rise to fever, and aid in evolving inflammation of the lungs or of the liver, or rouse into action latent irritations of the skin. In fine, there is a general tendency to perturba tion in the vital movements of the animal economy. Every part is prone to be excited, and to transmit its disturbances to other parts. Is the skin obstructed in iis office, it makes the throat, lungs, and muscles suffer as we see in sore thioats, coughs, pleurisies, spitting of blood and rheumatism. Let the stomanh be overtasked, and the complaints of the dyspeptic are redoubled sick headache and flushed cheeks become his constant companions. The person who has suffered from intermittent fever during the preceding au tumn, is now in danger of a return of the disease. Gout and apoplexy, excitement, and madness itself, not unfrequently mark the vernal equinox. Scrofula, little troublesome during the winter, now breaks out with renewed violencethe glands, or small round bodies along the neck, on each side, become enlarged and painful, and if neglected, they ulcerate. Diseases of the 6kin, whethertetter or others, are also troublesomeat this time and give their possessor most unpleasant no tice of the rousing of sensibilities, which had been, in a measure, dormant through the winter.

This may strike the reader as a dark catalogue and a most startling and painful contrast with the highly colored and enchanting accounts of the poets. We hope it may arrest his attention, and guide him to profitable musings on the risks to which he is exposed. No one can boast his entire immunity from danger, and consequent freedom from the necessity of precautions. These we shall give with plainness and brevity. They consist mainly in attention to clothing, exercise and diet. No sudden, or, for a length of time yet to come, any diminution of the winter clothing should be attempted. Exercise should be moderate less than could have been safely taken in a clear winter's day; nor ought the persons to be long exposed to the sun If from any unforeseen or unavoidable cause, great bodily exertion have been used, so as to induce perspiration and fatigue rest in the open air, or remaining stationary in passages or cold room, or going out the same evening or night, must be very carefully avoided. Any feeling of chillness or aching of the limbs at night, ought to be met by a warm foot bath, frictions with flannel or a flesh brush, and a draught of simple warm herb tea, or even hot water. Increase of thirst, feverish heat, pains of

the head, or palpitation, with a sensation of

languor or uneasiness, are best obviated by a reduction of the usual quantity of food and

a substitution, almost entire, of vegetable for

animal substances. Liquors of all kinds, distilled, vinous, or malt, are to be specially abstained from. The experience of their toleration during the winter will be mostdc ceptive, if taken as a guide during the spring Even the use of coffee and tea must, in many

cases, be discontinued the former especially if the person be subject to palpitations of the heart, or diseases of the skin.

People afflicted with the latter, are thought

to have their blood in an impure state, and to be under the necessity of having recourse

to various depurativc syrups, decoctions, and

whatnot. They arc fine game for nostrum

makers and venders, and become ready dupes

of such characters. We profess, indeed, to

have ourselves some purifying nd alterative beverages, in the virtues of which we place great reliance. Before introducing them to notice, we must, however, beg pardon of those persons laboring under scrofulous and

cutaneous anections to whom they are inn

peculiar manner DenchciaJ, lor the two notift m

Die draw backs to cur winning their approbation and confidence. The first is, that these drinks cost Utile or nothing the se

cond, inai mey are ot good taste, and with healing virtues so unequivocally sanctioned by the wise and experienced of all ages and countries, as neither to require nor claim any puffing notice or lying eulogy. They are not of the class of those marvellous ap-mt hlrh

are pompously introduced to public notice.

as hurting no Dody, and curing every body; which an infant might swallow with impunity, and the most desparate leper take, with the afsurance of his being cleansed from all impurities as entirely as the Syrian of old, after bathing, by the prophet's command in in the waters of the Jordan. Not to keep the reader any longer in suspense, the tlixir ot life and the genuine restorative are, first, pure water: and, second, milk cither pure as obtained from the cow, or diluted with water, or its component part separated, as in butter milk or whey. Copious potations of water, at this season, will be found the very best purifier of the blood and the remover of all peccant matter; while milk, as an article of diet, with good light bread, baked on tho preceding day, or vegetables, may be regarded as the grand cordial and true tonic. This is, in many countries, the food of the robust ploughman and hardy moun'aineer, whoso spirits are strung in a very different key to what the sipper of wine and cordial, the bibber or beer and porter, or the tippler of ardent spirits, can boast of Let us hope, in conclusion, that the eulogists of panaceas, and balms, and balsoms, of patent pills and powders, and lovers of wonderful cures, and searches after the incredible, will have patience with us, this once, for proffering the language of nature and common sense, even though 60 sadly at variance with their prejudices and interests. The people at largo are still credulous enough for all their purposes of deception; and in despite of our poor efforts, will funish them, we greatly fear, with a rich harvest in time to come, as they have always done in times past.

THE HON ALEXANDER SMYTHZ, OF VA. It is with deep regret, that we perform the melancholy task of announcing to our readers the death ot General Alexander Smythe, a member of Congress from the state of Virginia. He expired r u Saturday, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, after an illness of a few days. U S. Telegrafih.

CANDIDATES DEPARTMENT

MONDAY 2d august, 1830. Senator For Knoxt Daviess 2 Marttn. Wilson Lagow. k&presekta tives. John Decker, John C. Rkily, Ebf.nezer Welton, Joseth Chambers. Sheriff. John Myers, - Alexander D. Scott, John B, Laplant, John Purcell. Recorder. Samuel Dillworth, John A. Dardennb, Alfred G. Lagow, Richard Hhck, Henpy Ruble, Klihu Stout. Chauncey W. Almy, Geo. W. Caruthers Clerk. Genl. Wr. Johnston. Wm. L. Withers, Samuel Hill. Damel Clakk Johnson,

TAKEN UP BY Hiram C B.adlry, March 11, 1830, nra the town of Mount Vernon, Ind. a NEGRO MAN, who calls himself Gordon, about 36 vrais ot age, 5 feet 10 inches in height. He says he belongs to a Mr. Rose, a negro trader that he made his escape above Shawneetown. and was handcuffed when taken up The owner is requested to prove his property, pay charges, and take him away. H C BRADLEY N. B The negro says there were tvo others escaped the same time off a Fiat Boat descending the Ohio H.C B. Mount Vernon, Apt il, 1830. l3-3t

TAKEN UP TTJ Y JohnB. Ktlly, living in Skclton townJjj) ship, tour miles north east of Boonville, Warrick county, Ind. a SORREL MARE, with four white feet, the left lore leir whites

to the knee, the left hind leg white to thc gambrel joint, a white face, a white spot behind the right shoulder, a saddle mark on tho

right side ot her uack Done, aDout tourteen hands high, supposed to be eleven vear old this spring, and appraised at twenty five dollars by Alfred Baldwin ar.d John D Day, bo fore me, April 22d, 1830 SAMUEL STEEL, J P. I certify the above to be a true copy from my estray book this 27'h day of April, 1830. Warrick county, 1830 13-3t.

FOR HALE, BARRELS Salt Cash or good mercharitable Bacon will be received in payment. For terms, inquire of William

Micurc, Market itrect, Vincennes. v J. WYANT. May 8, 1 SCO. 3-3t.