The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 3, Number 39, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 December 1826 — Page 2

their arms, and fallen on (he Serajkier's rear, which t!ifj so seriously -an* noved, asto have alarmed hire-for the Sfcfety of his army, and induced Turn to retire to Zeitouai, where he could not' cut off. It was "Observetl /with satfsfactiotH that ItaJanoitsarfcs ofNe-f jgroponthad not co-operated with Red.* •achid in his-expedition ajpinst Athena, and that the Pacha of Eubtt, being Jealous of bis progress, had tent him no assistance, hut kept hi* troops under several pretences, within his own ijovt.

''.ft* 3**1

ernment.

After an unusual and very siagiflar DELAY of several mouths, Col

1S2-4

-which fund haa been eatahUshed under *l*ioini "I'"** cvmnraUd -C.

fr®W

for

,%£,,

TERWE-KAUT'E, DECEMBERF§*6.

The office of the RMISTKK is reonor•d to the new building, one door souih •f Maj. IV. Dewees' Store.

An alteration having taken placein Hie arrival of th^ Eastern mail, I liave made a corresponding alteration in my days of publication,which will .hereafter, be on Wednesdays*^

AN ADDRESS. Jf5

To tht Legislature nf Indian*, trttici-

TO the Honorable Legislslure of the auta of Indiana, the Memorial of 1 the undersigned citizens of Knox

mSJf reifectfel|y

alwweth. aur Lord

till, we formed & permanent settleleant at place called Busseron Prairie, lathe eminty aforesaid where we iivw ta peace till the commencement of.the warm 1812, at whickpewod we sustained a loss of property to the aiw&«nt of sevecal thousand dollars for which wa have received no reraaaera4ioa, and were eventually obliged to abandon the ceuulrr, & avoid the ravages of the two conflicting parties.1 In we jear 18l4we,returned to our possessions, and entered into covenant «f agreement (bona fide% without fraud) «o establiab a fund for the relief af the jow, the widow and lathertess, the ^ts of charity

ar'd

***ry

territory bccau* a state—a tel. .r tbe coutiLfou

foe exemption of per* -tioiwly scrupulous of bear

BLAKE,

^nraeh to the satistaction of the citizens of this vicinity) has received bis certificate Of election t«-the 20tli -Congress.

Si'*' •si N**' NS-* •'1**£?+» I r"5p DIKD-At the boose ©f Mr. Reuben 47Wc4e&, in Fountain county, on the -e--venm# of the fifth nil Oipt JOHN UmOUk£i*BAMC, j*ged about 61 .-•yeas?*. "The deeeased^vas a native of New--QUampah ire—whence he removed to the ^Western part d£Nesr-¥ork at an early *|M»rio^ We was a most useful and en*tevprizing citizen By bis intense in-

incurred ... ... however, did not fotsake him nor •could atold sordid misanthropy regrch benevolent heart He migrated to. 'the Wabash in search of new adventures —-toils and disappointments stilt vitend«d him, until opposition has forced to* yield to the cause of justice and his su« perior virtues but ha ever evinced •tkat patient perw?*erence and liberatky ^f imud which metier tim j&iianthrepist amd truly excellent maa. He was truly *patn*tie—firm and sincere in bis friend ship, and it mny emphatically be said he was one of "jtiie noblest works of €od.»

fnLhr

Venn-

«aen AitabHshed, m»n» widow*, orphana^altda *«d tnUr objects charity have been .admitted to Mrt cipation thereof and are new loceted ottthe f»««l*e» purchased and impro. jedfor their ben,fit,*n«l ionli rwJw^

other

cU*«

«r d^Sad.

,1 /ft f!? ^ifMioo a

'WlH J*'11 Wa«e have vo)nauily d«vot,d (heir interest Jf^geUter wiOi tbtlr wrvsj^a til %»h|ch property and seraiipntafod to the iftmSJEl stable purpose, leaving the sodef*

ge to po.^. their individual infer. «*t the tame as other cittaeaa.

f*\

"i»^*»eni period when this

raons GODaciein'4ring ap«i9 from

performing Militia duty, provided they would pay an equivalent—-Again in forming the Militia faw of this state the name provision was made, tie signaling the manner in which &ae« wore to be coliecited from such scrupulous person 'but overnntf above all tb$,.a particular sefction war«dded to embrace a society JtoUling their property in coimnon^ and Authorising the Sheriff or Collector to seize any property that he might find in the possession of such society, for the. payment olNSnes due from the members. Whereupon the Sheriff ot this county has actually seized property belongiu£ to the aforesaid charitable fond against the lawful claim of the "trustee* aforesaid, has obtained the judgnifot of court iu his favour. Besides, since the idea has become prevalent that the aforesaid property is held 4n

CJmvtmt in ca^cs too tedious to men Hon it ha* Ieoi» h«i«ed in the night without a-fieri facias or torch of law or reason t« direct the footsteps uf the invader: nor dues it appear that any encouragement is allurried us to look for common justice, when the civil officer and horse thhftrv equally protected in seizing property to wiuclyieither hai the least shadow df claim oth«fwii0: than under the abetter of the aforesaid Militia law.

Now tfSth becoming diffidence and resnectwe would ask jroar honorable body whether you meant the aforesaid act to operate on us independently ot every ethex law or rule of equity jiuiong men? It not we should «eunt it a privilege to inform vour honors that neither the article ot the. constitution before mentioned, nor the said section of tbe Militia law haa any literal or correct bearing on us.—Whoever examined us to know whether we were conscientiously scrupulous of .bearing -arms? Have we ever returned ourselves to aaj officer under, that description? If Dotwiio is so, intimate with our consciences thattheycan declare us scrupulona ami treat U5 accordingly? The officer says we are scrupulous—-we affirm that we are nat, ami if

B?ice

r—

belong

Qutto4hit list bj, what authority are we placcd on it^I(.It notorious that pentons have, gone j?ntf this society -and volunteered their services in the '••w«u and never r«€nrn«d. Others whose conscience bound them to stay at home,.peacably suffered tDe loas ot all their fwopertj to the last cent for the payment of We allow all men liberty of conscience^ any who chuse to attend musfor are hot .prohibited and nitmbers have attended till their, officers ware folly satisfied and convinced that they never could learn war and bave honorably dismissed them. Any who wish to exchange onr peaceable habitation for scenes of blood and carnage ^re At liberty 5 those jwho utterly refuse to fight or learn war any more, act not from doubts or acrapies bat the certain -convictions of conscience for which they are accountable ta Ged alone But if ail the abte bodied men in the society are,of this description to day is it certain they will be so to-mor-row? If they are liable to change why not treat them like other men, and

**the

ii thf ir

time tDd

place

thLmUStef?

6oUt

*emt'

noi

b«

aa the Jaw does xwt make it his duty to who Are .scrupulous' Be«de»theraia money needed, for the use the county Seminary, and it is quite

««k? C"

M,V W*

u*y

er invented Uie id«a that we hold our property common? The contrary We^ly p,ain and .obviST^l!

Iff

*nd families ielonghiw to the

society bold their proncm fik^.h «u««ud °'b to

the bf„X

poor hold no claim en us 4°r it Tut charit^tefund is not held i« -L. but in a special m»r»n-r i.11

COTninon»

before stateaL it.. trustees as is construed we see no6^*#

t',e

®aWer

d«as. re-

plied to this lortlf„ t® be apcoanty jg interested^Pat,t,cu^: The diainterested iurv

P»

suit and a

3RfZ tS? V«r

td rttn.b'M ftf"

*hat securetv

fl,,cks

H«d»fenrieti^g lajti

now

nnder-

rj«n

^QP*rty common,

aua for ou lure or any other fomi t, weing ihe claim S°?K°f

set at nau&ht* ami *n trusieea grab what he pleads S, ®ay

IT**-

mrk

this

iafiillil

fcubject unworthy of their Mnsideration there can remain but one alternative for u*, and that is. once more to/ seek an asylum beyond the jurisdiction of such unreasonable decrees .* for truly according to the late proceedings it was well observed that |n«time of the late war our property w&9 taken by reapinjg^ hut now Miljta officers are used as rakes for the purpose of gleaning up the balance We must therefore submit it jto.the Honorable Legislature whether by a repeal Qr an.emlmentol the said -clause ot the Militia law we may be •entitled to'the common privileges of* citizens or be forced to seek elsewhere for that safety and protection in the eajjoymentof our civil and-religioue rights which heretofore ive have not found -in Indiana. With due respect jve submit those aggrievances to the consideration of your honorable body and subscribe ourselves the obedient subjects •of tbe constitution and laws ofvthe state •as long as we may remain in it.

Signed in behalf of the society. JOSKPH JOUNS rON, tW GEORGE LEGiER,

TJa

at the trouble,

auppose it But whoev-

DANIEL RANKEN, SAMUEL M'CLELLAND. 1.

ul MS:

fThe city returns are yet incomplete. Enough is known to say that Mr. Clinton will have a -majority of from 5 to 700 in thecity. Mr. Allen as Senator, and the i.ammany Hall Congress and Assembly, Ticket are undoubtedly elected. We have no return from neighbouring counties. The annexed is the canvass of tbe Assembly Tiekefc in the -First Wand.' Canvass of Assembly far First Ward. Coutant

$75

•Coddigtnn 379 Piggot $58 Brasher 587 T. R. Smith S63

Joseph Smith 466 R. S. Williams 475 Baneker

^"•gtlwn oTUdty.aein which

ChB«Sw,*Je^

far as the door, toavoid

back upon me. 'H,eic

451 524 447 460 484 479 445 464 461

Ketchum?f

Sherman S§4 Mount L» Smith S69 ^abriskie CargHl S66 De Forest fi(y bison S9.0 Graice Tcwn S85 McCoua Minard 364"' Ferris Highest majority on Clinton Ti lfS4 lowest majority. 55.

'icket,

We also give such majorities or estimates of tbe Governor's votes as we could nbtais

R°chestir. Bogardus. Mien.

1st Ward 250 perhaps 70 2d -do 457 158 •1

3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

-do do do do do do do do do

168 17 52

SSI

4„

£36

2i?e/,

340

not hearedt from,

12th do

Jkefonowmj extract from -the lctters of Burbequiers, who travelled as

amwiS

^u ^rVai

lib*

the Turks in

1554, offers a carious contrast between

lri^BraCter^fthe Janissarie8in

thi- J0,00?41119"'

their

8nd thftt

to which

•Jhej had degenerated ..previous)

e*terfr'jnation.

*aw

the

lif!n7U\ u*term

J^'ssarles

the

imperial

Infantry), ^f-whom, when the number 12 00ft1It? I

Tu»kish

King haa

ion! pmWOU- J1*18 ^bo,e domifl. bk fortr^rl

eVtberJn

^rrisoning

Wh,° defe^

me with a bw-e head rcspectfullv^nd tnucK ?^r°

extreme modesty, #heiP

uP°n

monks than snl?em^^

it with bended head

ejaculation of I

•rrfor^i

0ttr

latest From Liverpool.— frTma,T°f

the

:rs

They o(l,red me ^or„^ r"!,,'em (hyacinths or narciwue^,?a ',urs they retired, they wen* 1

inore

received

with

WP"

'oud

W 'H hITr

bad I not IwJen

*^°uld bave conduced *ni8s&rIe«, 1 a sort of Turkish 1'

fi«Jd

the

pf battle UK,

8h,ip QmS CaPt farvier,

from Liverpool, we have received* paper of the 28th September, front e?1 e*tr»ct tbe following article#,

Sir W alter Scott, it ia said isshortlr l°p»f.hlnanJt0

twmenft,

wealt h, maiden winter of Mr. Bruot. Printer to the King^ for Scotland.

^tie* Slates*

The Journal des Debats for the MJtH T*kiD$

ofthe

death of

Adams and Jefferson on the 4th of Julr last, breaks out into the followtog euli gium of .our country.

this plantat firstso weak, spring

r»

Fifty yearUiad elapsed on the 4lh ,ul^?s1k day when, the most distinguished citizens ofthe ^nited States assembled in sight of a p0werful enemy, drew np and signed the •Declaration of Independence, the*fundamental act of the great republic of he new world Fifty years kve

Russia in another quarter is said to have been invaded by the Persians though some suppose and perhaps not unw«ey, that this invasion is a mere pretext of the-Russian (General Yeimo* loff to invade Persia The immense armed force of Russia is only then harmless to its own country, when it can be employed in iubjugating ortles. olating other lands and the tranquility 'Nicholas, at yet unconsolidated throne, requires perhaps that Persia, and perhaps Turkey, shouW be made ^theatre of employment... «n^.-pnC?*Sjtran^u^

seen

ana

grow till it has become one of the sturdiest of trees, and now stretches its shad* ow from the Atlantic to the Pacific 0» cean, over a territory more extensive than the continent of Europe, and where, perhaps,^in a .few centuries tha arts and sciences of our quarter of th« globe will find their. iure8t puge New generations have here 4iwn un under tlie protection of wfee a^l enuaL laws they have sprinkled^tha wilder? ness with cities, and covered eterv

sea

with their sails. Tbey have cfone yef naore, they have ^reserved tlfe puritl of moials, and tha empire of^ virtue-? That nation is ever most' religfoua whose citizens are permitted to wSshia. Gocl id the manner their coosciences anT prove. *—Reservoir

'From the Netv- York *Smertcant JVov. By the Lewis from Havre^ wc havi our regular files of Paris papers. The' constitutional charter of Portugal seems destined to produce important results in Europe, and particularly in: the .contiguaus region-of Spain,# iTh».desertio% ot the Spanish regular troops, in large bodies, -with their arms and. equipments, awl retaining their organization, anj their ,reception by Portugal, must, it seems to usj bring matters to an issue

Si*60

two

governments.,

it conferences at Akerman. -where the -Russian and Turkish plenipatentiaries were inet,to settle t^e difference^ between the two-countries, would seenr to port^idiioharmonious result Ow*. mg4o the protracted delay of the Turks, the Russian -^plenipotentiaries, Messrs. oronzow and Ribeaupierre,, bad set forth in one note all tbe,-claims of Russia, and assigned a day? the 7th Oct as the term beyond which they would not continue the conference. If, at that time, a satisfactory reply be notreoeivit is thought the-Russian army would •pass^ the P*ruth,.and take military possession ©f Wallachi^ and Moldavia. -Looking at the bold ahd furious tem* per of the Sultan Mahmoud. it is hard* ly expected that he will return n.pacific answer to the claims and grievances of liussia. W*'

arM^

though' *k°Di

tvlien

c^Ward

"r"w,8:,"heir

Wltfl

their breasts In Jd8,fo,ded towards the ground*

0lr

,oekin8

prosperous

appears to be recovering.

Of the Greeks^ the best intelligence »s that contained in the letter from nftL

,n\,n

Hungary, where the raising

itiwAi6 Athens is spoken of posacrn»T

confirmed

by tiie

the Ij0n(lon

Courier

in «i^iVnu 'atter p«per Col Fabvier to have compellMl Reschid Par* to raise the siege. *tnent *h ^omc The gavern-reeim-M

?^ed,.,he

conapletiun

ofthe

not h««4 !,ae' present force SSS??eemed

8ufficien^ by

"a", Tl?.

t,veJ

were

ofspmecollege. Suchn °r,Jhe ^e,,0»® ri«, who spread s« I? ?re

Mesa-

T?^ch tep"Vr

JP the

gr«*

*Urin^.. Power to preserve the P«"icularl7 in Ro-

s1la^n

occasions

m.0re

four

nonttfirJ

suj

alann on our

rea%" *afcen three or

Corfu which n,msels'

latter'

and one froin

sentto

Algiers. The

leased on j™mefiately re-

demand of the British con*

it is remarked that the hatred aghast ,-m ¥W'tt%