The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 1, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 November 1823 — Page 2

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TRREE-HAUTC, NOVEMBER 26,1823.

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absence of the suitor of the Keg»

l$ter, for a short period, being indispensable, ha* rendered it impossible for fetm to hare a fall paper published this week—-He hopes his patrons will attend their lenity on this occasion. and ftssures them, that the deficiency, in this sheet shall hereafter be road* up, ny extras whenever a press of important Matter may render it nectary.

we period approaches, when the rep tesentatives of the people will again be

assembled to attend to thepublic Inter-est*,--In our state much attention to various subjects is necessary. The time-has arrived, when the beneficial •Beets' of some laws and the evil ten

Nature has been peculiarly f*v»n»W to this country—but few ^rta of it re quire much labour to reader roads payable, and to such points as most require it this money should have been applied Hut this doe* not seem to have the policy pursued. In order to ditrioute the money to every part ot ,ou state it seems to have beefi thnorftt ne•eetaary that anew roadshouln»«* i|jened for its transportation. This road nietQbuting system we hope will ite bandoned—and whit money hereafr ipf- *ccrue to the state be appropriate, W opening and improving our navigarivera. The fanners nf our coun* '^|try do not depend upon carrying

J*ew Orleans. This once effected the jmiernal wealth of our, country will aad the fertile soil of IntA

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4e«ici«* of others have been fairly is*lL be the first care of its go-*ed,-ln tact, a revision rf "change of the i* umtcMl .ml j. hi»Hy product, of the South for the Fabric of is expected and In the new cod$ which we expect to

,issue^ Hrter this session, we sin-

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relief or hun

dred dollar law^ist into shade with its "progenitor,—tWRag ayste o. The law appropriating one hundred thousand dollars of the three per, cent fund to open road*. when only about fifty thou•and dollars had become due, we are of opini»Q should accompany the relief system. Already does the folly of this appropriation appear conspicuous in every section of our state, when the sionev thuaappropaiated, has beeo apP'™*' Old rosdrhave been rendered almost impassable*, and those which been opened already present to *he timid dare, a friendly and safe r«among the numerous Hazle and •ri*r thickets which hav? ilretdv •praog °P to perptex and tease the •wary traveller.

their

produce to market in If\tggons. but in lioat*. Let a passage be opehed f..i beats, and our farmers wirt soon be 1le to open roads for them^fefves.

mast be a soaite of regret to th-

ywell-wishers of our state, to behold, in iMi#fouacW* any symptomv of sectiou a I feeling, which ma tend to prostrat* means afforded by ,the national g» jvernmenr, (hy this small pittance,}

Jeflfecting an object, the importance ^vhich to our state must be far superior fo anv other. At the Falls of Ohm. fftuch labour is necessary, and also upon the V* abash in order to remove the mrriers to a free passage for dor pro* jduce tn the (at present)only market-

like the Rose,'^

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the

We#t' th«

North and

.eng»J in this all impor-

«nanimity and

pint which Ha characterized the con^J^oct of the friends of internal improveafient in N. York, whose labours *re crowned with unrivalled success, r.at our means are small is acknowledged,^ but though they are, they can ®eJ?r »e devoted to abetter object.

The independence of our nation rests upon internal resources

snore these reaoarce »re "imnmvacl th« vlf "l

.« foreign power,. Here

n.re ther beeome derelo^nd & SSffiL1* W«tT-tb. mere free we are from ilenendenc. nr.- I the affHirj of Village, it mere free we are from dependence

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©H foreign powers. the liberty of observing, that .» u.r ^aute Western country many a national nerve and the 1Wm*„ *r T-— femains yet undiscovered and unstrung,,

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otir next presidential election, v„ prevent them from discovering that a reform may possibly be negfssary, jrith respect to the general policy which tyas for some years been pursued. We hope that their attention in a proper degree may be tirned westward—that they may di*cover„ it is bad policy to elpend band reds of millions in building a navy to protect,, a commerce which is introduciag into our nation, articles which we can manufacture at home, merely for the profit of a revenue of tens of thousands—That it is *1to bad pol*e$ to appropriate tens of minions to fortify sea ports, in order to defend cities, at som^ future period, which are now merely the depot of foreign fabricks, instead of expending a few hundreds of thousands in encour*»5ng establishments which might man^fecture such articles hk the bosom of »ur country.

Agriculture, Otaestic manufacture internal commerce, are the three great pillars upon which the republicans ih America rest their of a permanent and increasing independence— To promote these three principles t^en, should be the first care of its go-

products of the South for the fabric* of the Bast was strongly recommended by the "father of his country," and the Situation in which the God of nature has placed this Continent, establishes the fact that this is the only true policy to be pursued-—and the innumerable rivers which are everywhere tnterspereed over the face of it, confirms the soundness and rationality of the doctrine.

Why then are o«r manufactories neglected, and even depressed by a fostered foreign comme^e? Why then has it been discovered that ft was illegal to expend more money upon our national roads? Why such a parsimonious course pursued, by mrr general govern^rnent towards internal improvements generally, which might facilitate the happy era when America: shall be ittdependent in f&ct and not ui naaie?.

_1 Western Megiskr. :Mr. Editor. li* Chi a late visit to yoar Triage, the Wfit«sr was much struekjwith its present ^improving state, and bof&s sim erely the [citizens may reap the benefit of their industry and perseverance. Travellers and strangers have always Predicted, notwithstanding its heavy and distressing losses tnattTit? town tnuftaa length become a place of considerable iuMr tance,»^*ion"ofW place is certainly as handsome ami convenient at»y other town in the Wes^m councompared fo its sister towns on the

Wabash, it superior. -The gentle de*ce|Bt from the piairie to the .river, antf the ea^e with which good roads can be made from the landings to any part of the town^are advantages denied to those •elow. The beauty of the surrounding oonntry and th« extensive prospect over which the eye delights to rave, strikes the attention of the traveller with surprise, and pleasure it is however the fertility of the soil, and the facility with which it may fj® cultivated, tha,t will most excite the attention *f the emi grant farmer.

Why Terre-ftaute should be bnfel«iy» is a question not easily answered it enjoys all the advantage# of a healthy situation: there are no marshes ®r stagnant water in its immediate neighborhood, the overflow of the river remains but a short time on the bottoms after it subsides, the mer itself it* lowest state,, is clear and pleasan^and the soil is such that wat cannot re/°nlf upon it—nor in fact have the inhabitants great reason to complain since 182(X This fell they have oeen peculiarly favored.

Terre-Haute has heretofore labored under several disadvantages—the exorbitant price of lots prevented many honest and industrious inhabitants from making purchases, the repnfed ill health of the place induced some worthy emigrants to settle iu less eligible situations-— vorporation added, to county taxes, ob-

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misht' bare became

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the

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in the. Haute may now even boast of bee-health* i6 7?/—~— .%

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the corporation is

«™n the apathy and parsimonious dis. With'nronrietv uie m- of the SOth ofAaeust. position, of our national w.ument H-

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engrossed by me question revive to {will have sufficient indue«mecMo em» otif next presidential election, as to ploy his Capital, nor will the laborer

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SO,090 Turfct in Lividia, but they »aye pmpoatfy been let in to get hoM »f thwtr arms and baggage. It is already reported that Odyseus has destroyed "a part of them} however they wilf&er oe able to get into thvjlforea, because the passages are defended by 16,000 men. The Greek Senate is now at Megnre. We know Jhat by sea the lurks are incipient, their vessels of war carry out a few landing troops: so If calcuFate this terrible campaign i» surmounted by the Greek*. "Oa the sitle of V.Io and Trikeri the week# have again t»keo the ofleniive, arnf _we hope fl»e same will take place at Caristo, (Negropont,) where ten Hydnot vessels have landed troops and ammunition. It is added, that the Turks have been again obliged to shut themselves up Hr the castle of Caristo/ and uat the inhabitants of Negropont are taking v^orqjB# measures to causc the snnenuer of.it."

SSfYR^A LETTEBS.

"mukka, 12th Aug.—The confirmation of (he above we have just re ceived, via Athens.-—It is moreover said, to day, that the castle of Maret !unf'Ai.n ^ao^'a* ',as been, taken, and that the Greeks were bombarding tin castle of Canie, by land and sea. Nek etaras has arrived Wore Patras witb 15,000 Greeks, to prevent any further landing of Turks. In I.ivadia Odye* seus has defeated in five different oucounters the body of troops there The naval fleet of the Greeks, it is said and we believe it, have gone out to meet the Turks on their return. The idnots have 14 lire ships with them. We have accounts to day that the Persians have made peace with the Turks.

Extract of a Utter dated Porto Rico, Sept. I5tk 1883. 6n- ftie nig!tt of the SOth of August^

n^^iteian attempt was made to assasinst*

seek employment in vain the man of ground, and fortunately the assas'r! literature will be delighted to find a tumbled over and lell some distanrp

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handsome and valuable library open his command and the*merchant pleased at the numerous customers that enter bis thop^*

A. FARMER

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[From the Boston Centinel] FROM SMYRNA, An attentive friend has favored us with the peru«al of letters from Smyr-. na to the 19th of August. The.y inclose extracts of a letter from the Oreek Island of Ipsar^

the £9th

Juty% which giye very flattering account of thfe prospects of recian affairs^trhat date. It will be seen, they lo not wholly agree with other accounts from turope, of the dates as late and later and perhaps allowances may be made for predilections, oh both sfdes. "Ipsaba* July 29th, 1823 We are in hourly expectation of the return of Our privateers.—-Some were before Lemnoa, others in the Gulf of Salonica and Volo, and others on the coast of Svria. Yesterday five vessels, left our harbor to the Dardanelles, and land on the toast of Troy and Ikise, and even further if they can. Something must accrue from this. It is really astontshing to see, that the Greeks are regardless of the formidable fleet of the Captain Pacha, and that they are pillaging tlie Turkish Coast in spite of his eiertiona|g|According to the reports^ we have here, the Greek cause is prospering every where. The Captain Pacha has done nothing even up to the present time. He is still at anchor before P&tras^ and it is said that adangeronfe fever has very much weakened his fleet.

"The Agrapiotes, the Chormotes, md Chermariotes, of the Montenegrins, have' all lately revolted against the

Ramelia is entirely freed of the

Turks- excepting I^irissa. It is said, the Agrapiotes a reordered to go as far as Tricufu. Scondre Pacha, who was to march igainst the Greeks with 18000 men, is prevented from executing his plan by the revoltof the Montene grins, which give him sufficient occupation. I believe the Captain Pacha will do Mthmg this year. Up to this time, all hehfs doue has been to provision Patras and Corinth. He has landed only a lew troops at Patras. There

man vith a flaps or sword cane, in his effort to escape, fell to'thd

Lord —w"- ^«wii iu TCI I tO (hrt

enabled Mr. to

fore him, which cape On the night of the 3d inst. an at tempt was also made tottssassihate

Green, master of the American br£ James Lawrence. Mr. Green wuf

great difficulty, made his escape aft»» receiving several wounds. Mr. Lord had been threatened with assassination a few days before, bv I noted character, an emigrant from guira, and said to be the owner of IU Spanish Privateer La Fortuna," be! cause he (Mr L.) was defendi cause of an American prize, (the quito, of New-York,) which Portuua had recently sent in No doubt can be entertained that both these attempts were made at the instigation* ut this wretch.

i1'10 fnture be carried on by

& SCOTT $ ivJc. ujrromf uBder^the firm of SCOTT & LINTOJJ. who take this method of infotming' their customers and friends, that having fcceived from Philadelphia, a general supply of Fall

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the L»

iPotiTo Cavello.-—Letters received at Baltimore from Laguira,to the 11th September, mention that it was renort. ted there that Porto C,vello had ."fret dered to the Patriot.. Thi, appear, by the late intelligence IromCuracoa ta

That this last .trong"

h,old of Spain mifst fall, there can be no doubt but as it known to be almost impregnable, lt!a likely thdt the garri. son, in order to obtain favourable tcrmfc and, perhaps, in the eipectalion of sticcuurs^ arriving front Europe, will hold out as.ong as their proviaionMnd anu mumcon „,|l |aSt. the ,upeHoritY the Ooiumbian fleet must, however, preclode all idea for the present of tile be-. sieged receiving Irpsli supplie,.

N. Y. E»e. Post.

Notice.

THR Copartnership heretofori exV. isting under the firm of LINTON, XOLLETT& SCOTT l,nllhln

disso,ved

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b? mu^alconpenf^

a[r1ng.ement

0f said

diSSol*

ution, the whole STOCK IN TRAI)E & and dues of vvhatever nature belonging 1 ,i Collett 4* Scott, have

fellen into the hands of L. II. Scott. ,nfon'

whom payment

scttIement

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W. c. LINTON, f"

i, s. s. COLLETT,

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Sr The,

SCOTT.

business at RostvilUt*

Tcrre-ilfatift. No€ 26.

Winter

they consider their assortment mute a# complete -as any in Terre*Haute, «n(f which ikfij ere determined to sell at the same pvices.

notice.

1 undesigned having taken out n3

v&ministration on the estate,

BKjrjAmM

Uiohar!sow, late of

erpiillion Fownship, Park county, re« quests all persons having claims against said estate, to present them immediately and all persons indebted to said

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immediate payment. A I

adminis*trator's.

J\mt) GASTOR, ^4 V-*ra»iM»*n, Nov T4, IgH— !f,3w

Notice,

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TO® subscriber will hereafter at* tend on TwMafs and Saturday'* at. the house of

Saml.

Mc.QuiLStiN, for

the purposo of despatching any business in his official capacity which his fellow citizens may wish to have exe» cuted—Mr. Mc.Quilkin will receiv® orders on business, on other day's which may be lef{ with him, and which will be strictly attended to by

JOSIfiPR tWCKSON J„ P.

rerre-Ilaute Nov. 22, 1823—17.3w

Notice.

WHEREAS mj wife JANK, TOIOII. tarily left ray ued and board withoutany just cause on the 1st. October

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is is to forbid all persons from har« bounng or trusting her on my account*

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after this date.

of her contracting

ELISHA GROVES.

N6Tember£2, 1823—ir 5w.

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