The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 1, Number 40, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 May 1824 — Page 3

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what he deems conclusive support the six allegations agai 'Crawford his communication some oO and which we sh our readers.--»•«REJV

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fconnra'-'1-•*oviy, that,, both the state of my health and the want of time, absolutely compel me. imst reluctantly to close this investigation of Mr. Crawfords h:^ timed statement, against me. in this situation, I beg leave to refer you, for further facH, ot which might, under more favorable circumstan

nature uf A. IS" herewith transmit ted. X. *4 Avowing raysejf "the author of those publication's, and, (with the exception of a -few unimportant typographical errfcs?and a mere verbal i'inaccuracy, in regard to tfie time of a certain report being made^) -reasserting i*«ure yfiflir 1ionoraJ !& jjeilv and. the nI10U5 "that the facts they allege, art sub.-, fttautially true.u I do mostrespectfully Solicit, that they raay be taken as jart of, and be' printed with the com^urwication.'

In order to strengthen mj claim 1o this indulgence, coirilbinlng all the eights of delence of ?.c u^aliun, and o( issuing for investigation, which can entitle me, as a citizen of the -United -iStates, or a:i (dficer of thqir goverotncnt. to appear before your honorable body, I do expressly btiie—

Ir-t ri:al the Hon. Win. 11 Craufonl. secretary of the trwisurv ageil the national fund 2d. That l-.e has rccriv?^ a la'ge ainuuut of uncurrent notes, from cer-,-fain banks, in part di.ycharge,of tlieir leb'ts to the United States, contrary the resolution of congress of 18lG. 3d iliac, beinj£ called ontv a ""Slo--

O a a a stances withheld information andf-et-i.ers, called for by the house,aud which it was his duty to have communicated. *i!is oath—-let it speak lot itself.

Fur specification of these statements, offer the publications with the signature A. li/' above mentioned. —nud-this communication. And fo» proof 1 offer that'w-litell tirey respect^ fully refer t'

All this I do defensively for if ..*thc ta'. stated be true, no rational :tnan can doubt that they must weaken, -at least, the force of Mr. Crawlurd"* ^statement agaitis*'me. 1 will not charge him with bad intentions in any of those acts. It is more properly the duty of others to inquire into, and jurig$ of tliat matter.--. 1 do nut u-ik tor au. i-llvestigauoa of !.: conduct, ftucf) a request ought, more naturally, to be looked for from himself. i?ut I will say, that if, being an officer of the same government under which he holds lusolhce, 1 have wilfully and maliciously misrepresented him in the six foregoing allegations, it i3 a misdemeanor that would prove me unworthy of the offr:e I hold—I ipvite him, or ,-auy of KW Uiaud^in.iuiika.lhi^ charge

•YSall notice, and with all the disadvanta ^%gesof absence, to submit to au invcstioration thereof, by either, or by both ouses of congress: and to abide by I

/"the decision thereupon. fltBition is declined, 1 trust wc shall hav* no more canting about an A. 15, plot''

Aa to myself, I fear not the consequence of any fair investigation, for I shall be able, whatever may be the •s result, to' justify myself to the nation

And never having obtained any oifice by the slightest «acnile.e of independence* I never will own-tlie holding jOi one to roiucUnt tuibcarauee or the

'.NniMobefltosKiRifa by Mr. Craw-^curtesy of «y eiieiniin. I knli only flrd *hb report* to the how. he pro- |atll, tli.it if any attempt c°" to a ^nTestation of the U- U-r, he made, m^ly otaklp .«.»»»- rcctness ami legality «f much of Mr taje of my absence. By those

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regret to have it to say to your

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state ihe'amoUfif-w «jh:orv^t*tr». T»liich t-e received from those balili-s, he }ias misstated it, by quaking i* less tlu it really was: 4th. iliaf he has, in his report {0 the ifcouse, misrepresented the obligations .'4jI those banks, or some o-ic o( them. iat lea t, and predicated thereon an in•xicJeasible excuse for his conduct, in •receiving those uneurrent notes oth. Tliat he has acted 11ega i!y, in a variety of instances, by makinuand continuing deposits of pi.b!ic tuone) in certain local ban!:?, without making report thereof to congress, according to

inst. Mr. myself, I must beg of your hos

fairly and successfully -avail rhyself, to. the whole case" m:\y he fairlvjundet a few of the publications with the sig-istood, we invite

against me, pledging -myself, to wave"|tTc mind ami altough wo mustacknow ledge the justness of Mr. Osborri's ani-madversions—-yet, we think there is no very great danger thet the electioneer-

ville, aud other matters of not less importance had time permitted." What will be the ultimate cfTect upon the American people, of this hold and manly investigation info f|ie conduct of Mr. Crawford, we v.ill not venture fo predict but, in'$njer that

t]if ii iS attention

to it nud. hnpe jt will, be read withtl at candor"? which"tni^ht to he esertr^ in dccidi.ngon a controversy so serious in :tfi character, both as 't egariJi' the/indiiduals concerned, and the pelipfethem--plves.

Till Hi) iS TEAM OAT

NIF*-.WRIIIN IRJI

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*eOn fhe evening of |he 16thins(ant,at Ob clock the citizens Jfthis-Tii-nge were cheered, by ugjy^ rfeivmg a

Le from tlse hl'th- fa^'t rnnn Steam t)xt PlOUGUBOy, capt (. Swazcr.

wit Irs, &>:vn md vp the ft'ubfc-ki J$hmppt and Ohio. Duri.ng h- Vdv-^ence he Ins run from incinnatti taJL'Hiisvi'le iu tru hours and fifteen Jji /wttjs. This is said toJiayc b^n the shor'i^t:pQ-

iian m-wn'-.'-'-ltTt 1ljs "Brerrriin bv

tiny-ljuat'npaii 111e* Oi,ij 'river/' The Ftongiiboy had on4

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village. She departed about 3

o'clock in.^/uvfhe 17 th after .having landed her passengers, «iiseliarged her freight and received onboard-"several respeclsable Indies and gentlemen, who took passage for houisviftfe on their return to t^eirvelutiveSj fr'endsand homes in the £a^t.

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'1 he gentlemanly (knortnient of tne offie.ftT^ of the jhe activit' and orderly conduct of heWcnuv, and lh,e excellence offior s'rucfure, ensu safely arid comfort to tiiose who n»a\ take passage and put freight on boan. of her iSiie left her moorings Infn handsome manner, and passed the point of Willow Isla'ul with astonishing velocity, leaving alargecoucour.se of citizens upon tlu ban iJ1g -fiaj tvliicb ovt-» tii© 'M abush 011 4iic j'jsosite shore obscured her from tire l-. st :,tretcii of sight, and closed the

1 casting tunny'mi nnxious

inteiestmg scene. vK

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look" alter her, until the green i'o-

LIS OF (\'ii)I[) ITFQ Fur Shei ilf wiuiih M'QUIhKJN.

ELI Si IJKOVVN. ?m For (he J^eu'mhiMir". A I S If

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AM KS A W N TON. For C»n^reK« JACOfi CALL/-.'.

O A S II E RA 1'LIFF BOON.

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WESTKUN

RCGISTHR.

O E I The proceedi-igs of the late grand jury of Vigo county, have produced no of the said small degree of excitement in the pub-'

,o stublisl,, .vor followd U, iS when tl.o manner „I thcr procefdings lingmM un&a

ivili only fever that somfi acted in,jpnc xrr.y nr.cl some in the other, and many• from no motive at all, notwithstanding their re ho have solutions appear upon the face oi thfem to

I could have been a unanimous act

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much wm&ter of tfiiTI' ceilsa(ion, them than what appears in the pnbSicaand should most c-ertai'niy have invited cation, wh: others who would be unwilyour attention to the report concerning ling to acknowledge themselves the passthe receiver of public money at Hunts- »ve dupes of a fjhv artful & designin

.I»ll be pwper u»dmto»a. by" th.lr ftvonrite "in llTleZ!

are ivilling to allow tlicin the crclit tf Studi^l Drcamfjlp °.

«i.,S actcd liberal,j, or a-

ny intentions oi acting as a CV/icus, which ever way ii shall best please them to have it corisid^ed, We believe how-

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any of those gentlemen, but be

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otwithstan'. ing the lioit^ iihuj/ huu !£A 11 ft IIS GTO.'N as their candidate. ic _n nec^aj ily tetaincd 21 tours and uid t,i^»i atom neither the people nor Jrfr. 10 minu&s on her passage, #h{ was only (oas-llnys Ind 3 hours irom Louisville.

«'iii be remembered tha-tlhis IJuat auiiiorilat-ve intei lerence Tin's grand (J-cft i'e? ro-liau"t^on:tlie 2d lit iii o^j Cnnc:.s in Itit'hereriee oi their clectionil o-xioek p. Sjucft thatsliljeering scheme,..amongst many other has tm erse-1 piarq .than Jim shrudi retmrk? say tint mt:nu ftcopl' iktrwg court ixprcned a viali" &c. and in ole iienceJe the cult cf Ihtlrf !lmv citize:i$" he. they noftiinaie 'j\ II Blake

He are not apprehefsivc that this Caucus will have any great influence controlling ij1(. cler.tion in (his county, because it is well ihv^erstuod to have been a secret, sly, cunning electioneering artifice it may, however, have an undue influence upon the minds of people in foreign counties, who arc unac(pminted with the secret impetus by which this new invention is moved Aod whatever its effects may be, there are my citizens in'this countyv who will slid nave the presumption to vote as they plea-e. even at the risfe of filling der tiie displeasure of the g-rand jury, Aud although this Citucus rnay,arjd no doubt many oi its members will, rhake every exertion to redeem theirfriV'-ful •pledge, they may at las' he excused t'r.y inability I' or if wo are not mistaken, on that da* which will try the honest

legal voters will be-spontaneously t'ivpiiin favour of JACOii CALL for Con-" gress. v' a he re a a he it to enquire ho will support and can pro* mot" measures of internal improvement" as expressed in the lupous 'anguage

cquosted to i!r\4Terre Haute Timr^ffay the 271

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dividaais, signed Iheir'nomes, or rather had them signed to a paper, the contents of which they never read, because theysthought it must and ought to be done as a matter cf course, having excrclspd no opinion of their »wn, anil headless tnat by the sanctiou of tlicir names as grand jurors they were usurping scribers eatec^dir'to PAll' privilege which belonged not exclusive" under tho' fV/fij of J'* iy to them but to community at tari™. J. F:\fy :IV. !t may not be improper *0 observe that ". JO^ij many of the grand jury did not belong WIU. 8 to the regular pannei. but were taken y&Tcrrc-JJau'e from the jiannef ot the petit jurors, 01* J)lay 19, oystanders accedentally from among W the few who at the comme- cement o°f! THE SUBS€Jl.. court had not been prevented from ap- ^re^uests all tho+b-indebtedflS

This honorable body were, it seems,'to call and settle the'^ame induced by the solicitations cf

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'respectable voters from various and til- it indispt nsablc that his co most

inate Stc. As to the person nominated to the Assembly, there can be no objection. The people of this county had, by general consent, looked upon Mr

Fj.nnnghm could feel under any great obligation to that grand inquest for their

they

Esquire as representative to Congress Uwi /C

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to all whom it may ^Concei^^: KNOW signed Miami Imffun^, bting,

demo^H' ou white peoplein our absence:

Jorco

SWAN HUL1

Ho:

ON the .2^)to Oi March If*

part of the district" to 110m-! be c'osed immediately.. He

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Who were thcic, marry of (he people— tizen- I A vast man) court during the latter pact of ibe week, when it i-s supposed this Caucus took ptacef, and we believe that not one to flyfjt oue to an hundred kne aisy thing tIOUI it until it was over. The fhet i-, \vc. bciieve that a tew in di vidua Is who tended on tii graii,.l imunbodied body in their secret delibeiations, were the ^e very same munypeoj and the wry identical Fellow CttizoiSjin ''obedience to whose call" the grand project was planned and executed.

Tr^nrtT-iU^.f. I 'cUuic

CO tons ot merehui-di^e. ip» ts,i?hai'-j people were atteiiuin t^rn^.Uy Sf&s.sKtv 4* i?- F. Crufi •f

sentiments o'the people o'fthis county, in good order, and is ready recei?^. he on or ha 1 7 1 7 W 1

'aucus Iml for the pre.t-Ttt

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v,^ u...i ir-i... 1 ^°ol brought before the 1st of th%. will onl\ reinark that if they idm their secret deliberations merely taken the trouble of referring to the Jo n-nah of the House of Representatives iu relation to the bank business and tho three

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lta" tify will increase *m proportion to tl* price oi Carding. JAMES BEKNETO 17th of 5th Me. 1824,v -H

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diiy, as his hite change in busf

hopes this hint will hi* sufficient4'' JOiLN It CK1 Tcrre Haute 31 ay ID, J824.

Mir ay WHKitKA^, my wife Sarah, has left my bed and board without the least shaddow ui cause, I hereby forewarn til persons from trusting her on my icfuunt as I will pay no debts of her contractrijjj:.

RICH AUD MQUES. 40. .It.

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iiAS commenced his

School,

AT Ills ULIJ S'i\ixr),

fn Gen. Allen's District, where he, contir.ues to TKACH1 .Si'LLUA tr

Uf^JDLVtr, IVHi lIW, i'JvN GLlSli GJLLKJLIR, 1

GEaUJt.lrHV St the use cf the ULuJiES, ^c

At the 1 ate of 50 cts. per quarter! pay able in produce of mo-a kinks. Those who place their children under his care may depend on the most unremitted attention —Decent boarding for students can be had in the neighborhood. 4 iJ. a. All orp.han children are pai* ticularly solicited to attend gratis.

Harrison Trail ie, 16th May, IS'24. 40 3t.

THE SUBSCKiHEIl HAS IIIS

Wool Cardinsr

MACHINE, -,Z

The ^VOOL must be washed, ftKij* pi an an a Hog's Lard must be s*»t with evory! h.ight pounds of, Wool, secured sc will not-gft wasted.

PlilCEfiS OF CARDING. A

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for

3th Mouth—and a Cent on evorf pound for each tynnth'al'ter that time, li eeeive V\ wol at, aud return it to

LINTON $ COLLETS STOItE,

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received

tor

Carding' ,t evert

wliieli is Carded before the J.-p

Mo..th, after

Vvl«Vh

the qn