Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 19, Richmond, Wayne County, 17 July 1824 — Page 3

2*<rHmon&: ~~ SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1034. The Veray paper and ether*, having given currency to thecalanroy of an arxmyjeow scribbler, who charged Mr. Adams, with being a friend to slavery, 1 make a ibort extract from public documents, to prove the falsehood of the charge. tin. Aoams Ma. Canrriivo. Match 31 it, 1823. There is, however, no dmrbt on the wind of the President, thait iht f ( lh * mermtea passed In the WeTfarase) would have obtained their sanction /the Senatet) and he has, therefore, no hesitation in to fitr, noon the expressed and almost nnan* tentc of the Home, ns to deelare the will.neness of this tloion to >oin with other nations, in (he mmaon encasement, to portae nod to pnnish those •ho shall continue to practise ihU crime , A reprebata bu the hut and humane of every country, tu tnemiet In (he same letter, speaking of (he act of Congress relative to the slave trade, Mr. Adams says: ** The legislation ofa single nation can go no farther, to mark its athorrence of this traffic, or to deter the people subject to its laws, from contamination by the practice of others.** Can any thing be more distinct and ex* ' plicltl Wbat evidence can be brought cqual to this In favor of the humane princl* ciples of either of the other candidates f The advocates of Henry Clay say that he opposed the introduction of slavery into Kentucky some twenty or thirty years ago, and think that sufficient evidence to prove that be is opposed to glavery: hut 1 have been informed by a gentleman of the first respectability, that Mr. Clay it at this time a date holder. This is one of the cases in Which precept and practice are so glaringly at variance, and 1 leave it to his friends to reconcile the apparent inconsistency. Those editors who gave currency to the charge, and who do not wish to be the echoes of the calumnies of an anonymous writer, are requested to copy the above extract. The Indian Murderers, Bridge and Sawyer, who broke jail on the 4th instant, and lor the apprehension of whom a reward of two hundred dollal-s was offered, have been apprehended and again lodged In the jail of Madison county. To the Citizens of Wayne county. Mating fcsolved to remove from the county lines I offered ui n candidate for the next General Assembly, 1 resign all pretension* to your suffrages, and wish to be considered no longer a candidate. PETER JOHNSON. Centretille, July sth, 1824. To the Editor'of the Indiana Statesman, Sir, The presidential election is a matter in which the people are deeply interested. And lest there might be a misunderstanding with some individuals, in regard to the time it is to take place, I beg leave to remark that if it should come into the House of Representatives to be finally decided it must happen before the term for which I have been elected shall have expired; which will be on the fourth of March next. In that case 1 shall have to give the vote for the President whether I be reelected or hot; and the person tobeelected next August, can have nothing to do with the question whatever $ as that event must transpire before he will take his seat.— And as there seems to be a misapprehention by some, of the part I propose to take Jy performing this duty, (in case I should be required to do so) I wish it distinctly understood, that I am not pleged to any PjJ r tyt hut intend to conform to the will of the people whom I represent. And Shall feel it my duty to use my exertions; first, to elect the candidute who shall receive the greatest number of votes in the state; and should I not be able to succeed in electing him, | shall then take the next highest on the list; and if unable to succeed in ejecting him, I shall again take the next Highest; so that the interest of the state may be fairly represented. It has been insinuated by some, that I unsh (to use a familir phrase) to keep dark upon this point. ( unhesitatcly disavow such sentiments, and enter my solemn proest against such doctrine in all public matters. My reasons for having hereto°m remained silent with regard to my ?*“ °fthe merits of the candidates mr that office, I have given in my rcular letter; and in doing so I have cen governed by motives of public good, WKI not of private advantage. If, however, vii J® n 1 , a gratification to a single indican Ba - v w hat I have said a thoumy mind is balanced be- ‘ v,hnH Mr - C,a - V anJ Mr* Adams; with qualifications and political tenets,

I have made it my bossiness to become i-t quainted. General Jackson not bating | until lately been considered a prominent j candidate in this state,! am almost entire-1 ly Ignorant of bis qualification* and political tenets; 1 had therefore formed no I opinion as to bis merits. Yet, should be be tbe people’s choke; 1 shall cheerfully acquiesce. Finally, let me remark, that I do not wish, by any expression of mine, witb regard to tbe merits of the candidates, to influence tbe public mind, as 1 am de* si rous they themselves, should express their own sentiments upon the subject, unbiased by the private opinions or any man or set m men. TEST. Connermlle , Fayette county , July 3,1 >34. Among the annonymous writerswhosppose Mr. Adams, and who question the orthodoxy of his religion, one Says, he is a Deist; another, that be is WSosinian; a third that he is a Unitarian; and a fourth that he is an Episcopalian y or, in the language of the informant, that “he belongs to the church of England.” All these representations we have seen la the public prints within the last two months. Would it not be judicious tor these Instructors of their lejlow-cHixeni, to bold a convention?- not to decide what Mr. Adams’ religion is (for that would not answer their purpose) but to determine what they willed//it; that, in their attempts to impose upon the people hereafter, they may act in concert, and not render themselves ridiculous, by their stupid inconsistencies. Miami Republican. Public D*bt or ludmivs.—Statement eftbe Public Debt of tbe state of Indiana, on tbe fast day of Janaary, of each year, since tbe commencement of the government, as reported by the committee of Ways and Means to the last Legislature.— W. Sun. 1817 $18,557 52 I 1821 $29,091 98 1818 20.149 83 1822 40,932 08 18:9 25,083 0* 1823 27,824 00 1820 25,083 02 | 1824 27.044 19 Particulars of the state debt, Ist day of Jan. 1824. United 8-tatss, Assignees or V. Mane, Principal, $1,873 17 Interest, 224 78 $2,097 95 Roao and Canal Penn, Principal, $6,000 Interest, 900 $5,900 TAEAstinr Notes in Circulation, > Principal, $10,634 Estimated interest 400 - $10,934 00 Seminary Fund, 771 96 Frederick Rapp, 6,000 00 Overpayments, 183 28 Outstanding Warrants, 2,167 00 TotAt, $27)044 19 # From the Wnsbington Republican. Mr. Edwards, we understand, has this morning transmitted his resignation, as Minister to Mexico, to the President, having determined to remain in the country, in order to defend himself whenever and wherever he may be called on for that purpose, And to deprive the enemies of the administration of any further pretext for assailing it on his account. The Committee of Investigation have at length terminated their sittings, and have made a brief report, which with the evit dence and documents received during thd enquiry, will be printed for the use of ‘Congress, In pursuance to a resolution passed at the close of the session. From what we have gathered with respect to this report, it generally confirms the former report of the same committee, as far as that went, and gives the result of the additional testimony which has been given in during the sitting just terminated. It will be recollected that the Secretary of tbe Treasury transmitted to the President of the Senate in Feb. 1823, a letter, stating that no loss would be sustained by the public, in consequence of the loan to the Franklin Bank of Alexandria. The new evidence received tends to shew that there will be a final loss from this bank. Another point embraced in this new evidence, relates, we understand, to the Batik of Vincennes, in which case, also, proof was received ofthe certainty of ultimate loss, as well as the amount. It has nlso been received in evidence, that the pensioners and public creditors of the U. S. in East Tennessee, have, in some cases, had their demands liquidated in Ainds which were below specie value, but the report, we understand, Btates that this was done without the knowledge of the Secretary. With respect to the Receiver’s letter, the report states that the committee still retain the opinion expressed in their former report, that, although the letter was written,there is no evidence of its transmission to the Secretary. The report concludes with a repetition of the former opinion of the committee, that nothing has been proved to impeach the integrity of the Secretary, or to bring into doubt nis general correctness and ability. Such we believe to be a pretty correct summary of the report. Dollars. —The British frigate Pyramus has arrived from Jamaica at New York, with $300,000 to be landed there. The whole amount that arrived at New York and Philadephia during the last week is said to have exceeded a million.— Niles.

I CANAL NAVIGATION. [ Hew York, Jane If. I We are informed, by a gentleman whof has just returned from avirit to the Sehuyl- j kill coal tract in Pennsylvania, that the Wkjfantfal and beautiful Canal, from PhilMnfffiia ty Poftoville, (the coal region,) |is in a state of great forwardness, and j will certainly be navigable through its whole length, by the firat of Sept. next. On the 4th of Jnly next, the Water will be let in from Hamburg to the veeinity of Reading, and there will then remain Upon the whole line only two Contracts unfinished, both of* which are in great forwardness. The most valuable coal region In the known world will he laid open to (he enterprise of our capitalist, and foe! furnished to this city from our own soil, at a reduction of more than one half its present price. If ext to the great Canal in our own State, no public won in tbe United States has peen finished in so masterly a manner and no recent public work promises to yield a richer dividend to the stockholders. Inless than three years, the article of coal alone that will float dsoo its waters will exceed dfiOOfiOO bushels annually, and yield an income to the Canal equal to 10 per cent, upon the whole cost—and, in addltiontothis consideration, oUr whole Atlantic frontier will be rendered independents foreign aid for a permanent sup ply at the cheapest and best Aiel. [Oarette, The Huntsville Bank, in the state of Alabama, Is to resume specie payments on the 19th July, so far as to redeem in specie one half of the amount of notes which may be presented for payment, issuing new notes; payable on demand, (that is, as tee understand; whenever It shall be able to redeem them.) It is said to be the intention of the Bank to surrender its charter and wind up its affairs. By this measure, a large additional amount of what has been termed unavailable funds will be realized to the govern* ment. — JYat. Intel. Economical Government. —At the late session of the Legislature of the state of Rhode Island, the papers of that state inform us, that u the sum of S4OO was allowed to the late Governor, and S2OO to the late Lieutenant Governor, for their services during the last year.” This allowance, we believe, was not intended as a hurleiqus upon salaries in general, but as compensation in full for services rendered. Viewed in this light, it must be admitted that time and talents are dogcheap in the Rhode Island market. It is •somewhat remarkable, that the emoluments annexed to public office should be so small in a'state Which contains upwards of thirty banks, and in which, therefore, much money must be Supposed to circulate. Nat Inleli Marquis de la Fayette.—ln the Legislature of Massachusetts, on Saturday, a resolve, requesting the Governor and Council to make such arrangements as will secure to thisdlstinguished friend ofour country an honorable reception on the part of this state, and to draw his warrant on the Treasury for an expense incurred thereon was unanimously adopted in both branches. Nat. Republican. North Carolina.-— The Gold Mine discovered some time since in North Carolina, and which was considered by many as a land speculator’s hoax , is found to be sterling; and that teal dust, to the alnount of SIOO,OOO, has been transmitted to the mint for coinage. It is obtained as the gold dust is in Africa, by pouring water on the earth thrown into troughs and washing it, when the gold settles at the bottom. [FVom the Cincinnati Literary GaseMe.] The Louisiana Gazette of the Bth ult. contains an address of Col. Austin to the citizens of the colony now forming on the Brasos and Colorado riven in the province of Texas, congratulating them on the prospectof having a federal representative system of government established, by which their freedom, happiness, and prosperity will be secured. “The Mexican nation” he says, “isnow free.——Rational liberty, with all its concomitant blessings has opened to the view of the world, a nation which despotism had hitherto enveloped in intellectual night. The Federal Republican system, that last and glorious hope of persecuted freedom, first established by the great Fathers or North American Independence on the ruins of British colonial oppression, and which soon raised a new horn nation to a degree of prosperity and happiness unequalled tn the history of the world, nqw spreads its fostering arms over the vast dominions of Mexico. The hitherto enslaved Spanish Provinces are now free and Independent States.”

J cisrnu.AT.nim am. wt. gfjj* “■ Beet, mem, bM. 6 96 Butter, fakin, H>. 6 BtMMwdfHMUV 414 S|MNMfIfV Mi ridtlCastor beaut, M. I 88 Corn meal, 22 Con, * 88 Cheese, jb, 8 feather*, *5 Flax.seed, Mb If floor, M. S 8 lb. fftfpftf If Hogdard, 8 as* r su Soap, 8 Tallow, 8 August Election. Congress— DANIEL J. CASWELL, JAMES B. RAY, JOHN TEST. General Assembly— HENRY HOOVER, ELEAZAR HIATT, CYRUS FINCH, WILLIAM M. DOUGHTY, ITHAMER WARNER, BARNABAS COFFIN. ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT. FOR JOHN QUINCY ADAMS . David U Maxwell, Jean L. Holman, Christophot Harrison, Isaac Blackford, James Scott . FOR ANDREW JACKSON. Edward Patton, Jesse 8. Durham, John Carr, Hiram Aldridge, Jonathan M’Catty. David Robb, Griffin Treadway, Thomas For ter .William Hoggatt, Jesse Y. 'Wellborn, Wilson, Arthur Major. FOR HENR Y CLAY. Walter Wilson, Moses Tabbs, James Rariden, William W, Wick, Mastofl G. Clark, John A. Mitchell, John Dawson. J. Shinn’s Panacea. THE subscriber having discovered the composition ofSWAIM’9 celebrated Panacea, bas now a supply on hand for sale) he has reduced the price from $3 50, to $2 50,0 r by the domra to $24. All charitable institutions in tbe U. 8. and the poor will be supplied gratis. If the citiiensof the principal cities and towns,will appoint an agent to order and distribute this medicine to the poor, It will be supplied. This medicine ie celebrated fair the core ofthe following diseases: “scrofula Or king’s evil, uloftated or putrid sore throat, long standing rheumatic affections, cutaneous diseases, white swelling and diseases of the bones, and nil oases generally ofthe ulcerous character, and chronic diseases, generally arising in debilitated constitutions, but more especially from syphilis or affections arising therefrom: ulcers in the lam**, nodes, Isc. And that dreadful disease occasioned by a long and excessive use Os mercury, fcc. It is also Useful In disease! of the litCERTIFICATES. 1 hAve within the two lastyears had an opportunity of seeing several cases of very inveterate ulcers, which having resisted previously the regular modes of treatment were healed by tbe use of Mr. Bwaim*4 Panacea,'and 1 do believe from what 1 have seen, that it will prove an important remedy in scorfulous, reoeral Aha mercurial diseases. N. CHAPMAN, M. D. Professor of the Institutes and Practice Os Physic id the University of Pentt*iL 1 have employed the Panacea of Mr. Swaim in numerous instances, within the lagt three years,and have always found it extremely efficacious especially in secondary syphilis and mercurial diseases. 1 have no hesitation in pronouncing it a medicine of inestimable value. W. GIBSON, M.D. Professor ofSurgery in the University of Pennsylvania, JOHN SHINN, Chemist. N. B. For sale ht Smith and Person’s N. E. corner of Third nnd Market streets. Philadelphia, Frhuary,l7, 1824. (8 ISmljf ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JONATHAN VOTAW, deceased, atv requested to call and settle their accounts immediately. All those having demands against said estate are requested to present them properly authenticated for .settlement by the first of March next. MOSES RHODES, DAVID HAMPTON, Administrator!. July 7.1824. IS-St. Interesting A'oticeH I HEREBY inform the cititens of Wayne county, that I am authorised, and have commenced the Collection of Revenue for the present yhar, Un derthe regulations ofthe new law on that subject, which provides that the collector shall receive tbe taxes at his office, at the county seat; and is very severe indeed, on the collector, in case of default id paying over the money to the treasury exactly at the time specified by law. You will tnerefarv perceive the necessity the collector is under of coercing payment. lam well aware of the “hardness of times,” and the great “scarcity of money,” yet aa the law makes no provisions for indulgence on that account, I enn assure the people no indulgence cam or will be giveh) nnd I hope, the people will exert themselves to settle their tax immediately. Nonresident owners of.land ot town !ot|, or their urati, are informed that I will advertise for sale, all such land or town lots remaining unpaid, on the first of August next. _ „ I will attend at my office in Centre mile, on Fridays nnd Saturdays, in each week, until the 20th day df July next, for the purpose of receiving taxet-n-y-Those in arthars for 18*3, are particularly lauested to call and discharge the same. q SAMUEL HANNAH, HI. CL June 7th, 1814. ts. PRODUCE. The folloVvieg articles of country fisdme will be taken in payment for subscriptions to the Lxesa, vis: Sugar—Ginseng—Bees-wax—Tallow—Candles—-Flax—Wool—Linen Rags, Ike. fee.—to he delivered at the office. June 18,1824.