The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 36, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 December 1827 — Page 2

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tant communications might be avoi rted in times of sudden emergencies and imminent perils. That order placed within the discretion of the Governor of the State the right and power of calling into service so manjof the militia of the state, and for such length of time as he might think proper, not exceeding *ix months The Governor was authorized to sunily by militia drafts, any deficien may arise jesting merely, that reference should bt liad to Gen Pinckney, as to the number that might be considered necessary Here, by way of better understanding, it may be proper to re '*mark, tlratat this time. General Jackson, being only in the militia, and not in the regular service, it was not for him to inquire, what were the 'powers of Governor Blount, as deprived from the Department of

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As an office? under the state, & such

%.-V/*'in fact he was until June 1814, it was his duty to regard, and to obey the f* orders which were issued to him by .'." Governor Blount, and to draw

ifrom his div'^ion such numbers of Imen, and lor such period of service, -as the der issued to him should di rect, not exceeding six months A force sufficient for the reduction oi Hthe hostile Creek Indians, had been called to the field on the 3d of Januslrv, 1014, and which, about the middie of March, gave a finish to the ir Hthat had been waged against the

Creeks this circumstance, rendered Hit unnecessary tor the Governor *o the order of Gen ArmuntJ the

act upon strong. Secretary of War, I 20th of May, when in pursuance of directions from Gen. Pinckne, a portion of the militia were called into & service from General Jackson's division Governor Blount's order to 'the General, bears date to the 20th ^'5']\Iav, 1814, and is in the followiug 'words:

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Nashville, May 20th, 1814. Sin In compliance with the reciuisilion of Mai. General I homas A. iL.t lU nncfe nf 17nrt

Pincknev, that the posts of Fort ili'tam"*, Fort Strother, Fort Armstror'jx, Fort'Ross aod I'orts old and new S'-posit, shou'd be kept up, the doing of which, he has confided to you. until the objects of the Governmerit in relation to the war agahM

the hostile Creek Indians, shall have been fully effected and from the probable expiration of the time ol -service of the troops, now occupying tho^e important posts, commanded t«v Col. B'lnch, prior to a final accon.plishment of the views of Gov-^-eminent, in relation to the Creek "-war, you will without delay, oriv x)'.\ one thousand militia infantry of the 2d division lor the term of six months unless sooner discharge' by order of the President of the

Slates or, vnu may accept a tendc ol scrvice. if the above number volun-

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fjr the aforesaid term, lor ne pur .pose of »arns«t::mg th said posts, ai your opvion which latitude, i*i reliitinn t(» your calls or men to act a gainst the Creeks in furtherance o! the views of Governaiefli in tl af behalf, is s^iven to me by instructionfrom the VVar Department 'lhose troops, will he commanded by an ot--ficer of the rank ol Colonel, and will .4-be required to reniVe^vous at Fa^ ett»?vnle, on the 2Uth June next: thence, they will proceed to the a tiove mentioned posts under your or-

J-r, in such numher, to each, as you shall assign. It is important to the public interests, that they should he ?at those posts between the 1st and •10th of Jul)' next, as about that time the term of sorvice ol the troop?, uow ^there, under Col. liunch, will expire, and at which posis, there is much public property committed to their •ichnrge

Yuu will oinler the muster master to attend and muster the troops into service—you will call on the contractor for provisions, untl on tbe as^iutant deputy quarter master likewise for supplies in his "d partment. (Signed,) \V ltLtB BLOCNT. 'To \1oj. tie'n Andrew Jackson.

Second division of Tennessee J1 it it la. From the facts here stated, these .conclusions necessarily result: thrtt 3 ount, acting as 'tbe Governor of

Tennessee, was authorized bv 'the [Secretary of War, Gen 'Armstrong without referring to that department, to take such measures lor Kupp«yiitg tiie deficiencies in the militia, as to ^Iiim, mighty appear'^ «*pedient ^tnd necessary That in pursuance ^of this authority, thousand meri ^being wanted,) an order was issutd to Gen. Jackson, then in the ser"•vic.e of the state, to cause that num 'IKM- to be mustered Irom bhr division, inio service, without delay, which .ivas accordingly done aftd the^ •tvere1 placed under the command ot SL'ol Pipkin. 1 hat Jackson, being a "Major General of ttie militia in UMB "^tate, could not inquire into the authority and power of Governor

JSIount, as derived .from the Depurt7ne.nl of IVar. even had it been .imprudently exercised he wa«^bouod-to* «-xecut»j the ordei' if not iucous^ieiitr with law.

But it is insisted, by «ome, that it is not material a« to the time fo which the services of those men wer required-, that thly were ignorant o' the fact—that they believed them selves in service but for three months and that this ignorance, and this misconception, should have operated in their favor. It is dillicult to sec ihe force of such an argument or or any ground whatever, to justify its introduction. Every man of com nion sense knows, that ignorance of the law will not excuse its infraction If such a rnie did not exist, the good order and first principles of society would be unhinged, and every offender be ready with an ample and suf ficient defence for any outrage he might think proper to commit upon the rights of his neighbor

It is not a fact, however, that those troops were ignorant of the length of time for which they were engaged. It is a groundless assertion and Iv.is arisen, it is presumed, solel and entirely from the expression which was contained in a letter pur porting to be written by Harris, one of the prisoners, to Geo Jackson and which as has been shown b) th public prints, is altogether a former No such letner was ever receive from Harris and no opinion as to t! service being restricted to thiemonths was then entertained let oHeudeis knew better, and as evi deuce of the fact, the proceedings ol the court are here again interred to Extracts from the Court Mattial proceedings "John Smith, (Fife Major) being sworn, states, that he never heard language used by the Captain to his men but to continue in service until the expiration ot the six months and that it was highly improper to be breaking off.aud that they would be punished if they went sooner "David Morrow, (Sergeant in Capt. Strother's company being swo n, states, on the march between Fort Jackson and Deposit, his Captain asked him how long he expec ted to remain in service? to which h^ replied, six months, as thejr^ were mustered for that time."

Sergeant John D. Smith, being sworn states—"That he former!) belonged to Capt. Smith's compan*. and was attached to Capt Strother company at Fort VViiliams marched under his command to Fort Jackson and never heard his Captain say orn word on the subject mentioned in »tie charges, but once when at Fort Jackson when the mutiny assumed a pretty high tone, he observed, lboys hush mutinying stay until I go home •.vhich will be at the expiration ot six months 1! t'nese extracts, taketi from the proceedings of the court, did not exist It woitkl be in no wise material nor are they now material, except as goirtg to shew the opinion which then prevailed. The order of Gov ri or Biount upon'this subject, requiring that they should be called out and mustered for six months, is of itself sutficicnt, to shew the nature and extent of the service for which those troops were required.

Gov Blount acted in this business under and by authority from the Secretary of War, & General Jackson, in calling out those men from his di vision executed, as he was bound to do, the orders of'Governor Blount It has been objec ed, and by some of the late representatives^ congress from a sister state, in their circular letters that no such iiuth rity had been givt to Governor Blount* and as a reason for such opinion, it is al id that such an order

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he found among the records of fVusli tu^ton f'tty." It occurs to the com mittee, that this is« very insufficient reason. -The non production of papers from the City of 'Washington, should not be considered ^conclusive evidence that none such ever existed for it is demonstrated con clusively in this case, that such an or•dc was given by the Secretary of \Y ar. If lost or m»slaid, be it so but letj not its non-production be relied orras conclusive evidence to establish disputed facts for that is in opposition to reason and right.

It-appears then, that these men Were guilty of extravagant excesses^ of a violation of duty, and of tbe laws of the country. It appears too that they were legally called into service lor six months and fchat before the expiration of even three months, their acts of mutiii took place. All, therefore, that can be alleged against Gen Jackson, is, simIhat having in Jm hands the ply, .power to pardon, he did not consider, the public interest and public safety would Jue promoted by its exercise This, a lone, constitutes the vonly ground ot censure against -him, and ihat is rtotajust ground for censure,, For suffering or permitting the execution, he has been censured as a tyrant and and an oppressor. It was the iaw, iot ||lie commanding general, that unsigned .he«i to death True, lie coma hixv$ granted puidod to the six,

is he did to those whose pay was ordered to be stopped and heads sen enced to be shaved it is also true, that General Washington might have spared the life of the unfortunate tho guilty Major Andre:'yet he did not, ?or the reason that he thought he public good demanded the sacri •ice On the authority of Gen Reed of Maryland, who was a captain irthe revolutionary war, the country has been informed, t' at acting under the positive orders of Gen V\ ashitigton, without atrial of any sort, he caused a soldier to be shot who wa* taken in the act of desertion, and sent his head to the camp of his Gen eral: that he was reprimanded by his superior officer, because he had omiited to execute two others taken at the same time No man acquainted with the character of Washington can impute to him a want of humane and generous feeling neither can such an imputation rest against Gen Jackson Both acted with a view to the gre»t interests of* the country assuming the ground, which iu times of war, must ever be maintained, hat sacrifices for the public weal are casionally indispensible and that at •uch moments it would te criminal -nay* moral treason to the rest of r*:ie community, to indulge in jui eS: cess of feeling

Six rin^ivaders and principals. iut of 200. b-ing by a legal court •r utid guilty and condemned for mutiny desertion and ourra'^e to punlic property, how cnud Gen J#ckon have pardoned them and locked

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order in his army afterwards? The crisis was a trying one a powerful British flei and army were hovering along our soutnem coast, able to laDd when and where they pleased In such a state of things, mutinv and desertion, by all pos3i ile mean.**, were to be guarded a gainst and prevented By what rule of reason, or with what propriety, could Gen Jackson have punishany soldier tor similar offence :t he had extended pardon and forgiveness to Hariis and hi* associ ites? The country, his army, and himself, must have fallen victims ti 'samples so dangerous—it woulw .ave he« mistaken m»'rcy

Believing that the Objections re ,eatedly made are now s»at«sfactoriI met and answer ed, by a developenent of the fact* attending the ca e. hi: committee off thi^ disclosure, »vith the annexed statements, to the candid consideration of the public.

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JOHN OVERTON. Chair

man of the Jaekswi CoiTtspoudu:* Committee N. I KKSON, Sic,y4

(alhouii, 'an administration

min,) has been elected in the lith congressional district, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death ol Dr loung His majority er Mr Chilton, the Jackson cand date, is ascertained to be about one^hundred. ,• ..[fCrntuc

Icy paper

The following is the emphatic Van guage of the concluding section of the 7th Title of the revision of our stat utes, relating to the importation into this state of persons held in slavery, &c It has received the unanimous sanction of the senate

Every person born within this state, whether white or colored, is FREE every person who shall hereafter be born within this state shall be FHEE and every person brought into this state as a slave except as authorized by this title, "•shall be FREE." [»V.

I Albany Jirgusl

-'RAIL WAY—The enterprising proprietor of the Sligo Ir VVork, an the western side of the Allegheny river,ha* jast completed the Railway

from

the coal pits, near the top of l\al hill, to his works. Although

descoiit is nearly perpendicu'ar, we have not learnt that there will be any lifliculty in freighting coal for the supply of the establishment Those who arc interested in the Rail Road project, can there see a specimen of this, to us. novel method of transportation.—Pitta Gaz.

'A company ol contractors, called *he New York Mammoth compuny, engaged on the canal, at the end of the second Kittitanny Mountain, a 'jov'e Hairisburgh, stopped payment last week.—By this failuie a great ti umber of laborers, some of whose demands amounted to,8400, |iavt. tieeii left unpaid. It appears from the Chronicle, that some excesses were .committed by the laborers.

I lie small still house in the Narrows, used as a shaunte, & the small stable opposite to it, were liurnt down on Tuebday night, one of the canal men arreted on suspicion of having fired these buildings, was rescued by his companions, and on Fritiav evening all was ^uiet.*'

Storm on the Luke,—We"are

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tirn. lirai a severe gale ot snow .aiii wa« experienced last week ou Luke line. (iieat dimage is

•aid to have been done to the ship in«r add sundry lives were*lost be beautiful steam boat Superior, apt. Sherman, is aground on the Sandusky bar, Snow fell on thv .ake shore to the depth of six whes, O. State Jour.

LATE Sf

New-York, Oct 24. IMPORTANT FROM BOGOTA.

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Bogota

We have received the Constitutional of the 20th Septem ber Bolivar has retured taken possession of the Presidential Chair, &. placed

at the head of the ad

ministration Great exultation is expressed by

Constitutional at this

event and Bolivar, as usual undergoes another apotheosis

commercial

A private letter from Carthagena dated the 2d instant, says: "I am of opinion that we shah have an im provement here, as well in a poilical as in a

point of view

Bolivar has again taken the helm of affairs in Columbia, with the confidence! may say, of every *ft the country, and I feel

satisfied

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in'a short time, under his administration, the credit of the country will be improved, and that both commerce^ and agriculture will revive.

Baltimore, October 24.

The brig Caledonia, arrived larjt evening from Rio, aud brings advices to the lstult.' We learn the Bui*tins Ayrean cruizers are making great navoc among the Brazilian commerce, on the coast, and that awnost every day accounts were received of some valuable vessel having been taken or destroyed.

A duel tonk place on the 20'h August at Rio, between Midship man Bispham, and Surgeon Bradnei of the States sloop of War Pea cock—the latter was so badly wounded that he died on the following da% —two shots were also exchanged bN the seconds, neither of whom weri wounded.

Several late articles in the Nework "Statesoian" shew a disposiion to bring out De Witt Clinton as a third candidate for the presiden ry, and he has been nominated fot that office at a meeting held in J^*fl erson county, in his own state rhe«»e thiappear to have created a considerable -tir among the politicians ol New-\ ork. 'We mention th^m for public information, without pretending to understand them, oi to decide upon tire probabilities ol the course that will be pursued. I -eem however, as decided that C'inton's fi lends will not agree ti» is tending for he Vice Presidents, for which he has been name 1

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Ji Carpet ni'iunjactory, is in operation at Tariffville, Conn Tiie machinery is said to be very ingenious and the qu-tli and cheapness of ti.e article manufactured such as to re commended it highly to purchasers. Carpeting i» one of the most expen sive articles of domestic comfort and egance, and we should rejoice to see that of Domestic origin taking the place of the products of foreign looms, f•JI Cinen and'Lnce Manufacturing company, have been incorporated in New-fork, the subscription stock of which were opened in July last We believe the company have not yet commenced operations

Manufacture of Copperas —It is staged, that there are ten- thousand tons of Copperas manufactured per annum iu Strafford, Vermont —The works are owned by a company in Boston, and much of the Copperas is transported to thai place by land

LOST,

IN the range between Richarl Webton'sand Henry Allen's ftirm. on the morning of the 14th inst. a

Man's Saddle,

Saddle-blanket and cirsingle. Any person finding the above property, and returning it to the owner in Terre-Haute, shall be liberally rewarded for their trouble.

THOM AS ROGKRS.

Nov. 16, 1827 34 if

Second Call.

ALL persons indebted to the subscriber are earnestly requested to call and make arrrangement 0 settle their accounts immediately, as no ''longer indulgence can be given •SAMULL M'QUILKIN

Oct 13, 1827.- ^tf

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WHERRAS my wife MARY has left my bed and board without an) just canse or provocation, this is to forewarn a»l persons from harboring or trusting her on my account, as 7 will pay no debt of her contracting

LJ1W JV0TIC}

THE Subscriber tenders^, vices to the {citizens of tho p- -N dicial District of Indiana,.as

S Attorney ut. His office is immediately

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st«re of Bonner, Reynolds,,,^ EO. A. HANSEGE! November 8, 1827.

Dr, S. l\iTtifc

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In* Terre-Haute ing country.— From long experience ia j,:. fession and several years'

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on the Waoash, he hopes to isfaction and relief in a cases to which he may be caff'

I hose who may think call upon him can enquire an ris' Hotel.

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Terre-Haute, Sept. 21, }8^

Public Sak

SY virtue of a decree ofthe r. cuit Court of the County off sitting as a Court of Equity otter at PUBLIC SALEatfte? house in Terre-Haute on Satm® the first day of December

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•ween the hours of two and tW clock P. the South of Section Seven in Township^ North of Range Eight West,}^ ing a part of tiie real estate zar Aspinwall dee'd). Jer®/ -ale cash in hand.

C. GILBEgr,

1 erre-Haute, ]N ovember lOji' —33-3 w.

ARRIVAL DEPARlUill, OF THE

Eastern Mail —Arrives on days at 6 o'clock and ik| a a 6 A

Southern Mail Arrives oa •iesdaysat 6 o'clock aslH i*arts on .Sundavs at 6o'clock!.I

JVbrlhernMa.il—Arriveson S®lays at ti o'clock Sidepaiial hursdays at 6 o'clock A Jl.

Bloonurtgloii Afail—Amres ci uesdays once in wceh .it $ o'clock M. and departs osWetiae' days at 6 o'clock A

Clinton Mail— Departs on Toe la\s ?.t o'clock A and amf -am day at 6 o'clock

FOR \1 AN OF BUslNE'i

SJrilll

A QU AR TER SECTION 0FL15 ar Mt. Pleasant, Martin id wiiii a good

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hereon, which is dt»in* 50*^ ness. This MlLLStiAli^ fhe best in that scction of and situated on Boggs* cretM 'iiost populous part of the

Vny gentleman who wishes a DISTILLLKRY where bet iii-»-own grinding, and that ishing neighborhood— to invest a small capital in "j'n erty Tiio terms of sale,f' sy either for CASH or ty—but the former wi red: a credit will be given

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AMORY KIN-

Terre-Haute, Ju»e

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Ji valuable Fa

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For Sa!c.

Together or-scpnratc,^ cha-ers, lying on

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million county, Si n^1'^ ton, 1 from the iVabo:sli above I erre Haute. ,pJ stage of water in the sp ,• Orlean Boat can be Mill to the river with bove premises can be 1^ ble terms for part CA. s»nd a reasonable creo a a a a

The

country around

said premises, is as With good timber State, the Farm ^«el'tI1# well improved

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JOHN HEADLE1.

Parke County, Indiana, 'v- iNov. 30(b, 18^7. 3G*3w

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May 12,1327

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