The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 37, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 December 1827 — Page 3

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Rev DAVID MONFORT will his School in Terre-

Hie

^oirini?fce

,|iaK,cnSIonbyJhe 17tb inst

To-day

commence the publica

^,fthe address of the Committee

Har-isburgh

of if* worthy the is

fferY

pine:*,

The emigrHtion to the abash this

eaon has

could

been much greater than

reasonable have been anticipa-led-the people have been favorcJ with health—the harvests have been abundaut-and our navigation

has been

such as might have enabled

c'eamboats to visit us during almost

elery

month in the spring, summer and autumn— flat boats have passed downwards to profit by the fall markets—our country has made rapid

progress

in agriculture- the crection

ii mills,extensive distilleries, &c. &c

^c' it' Our towrs have improved, our mechanics have full employ ment, our merchants have emptied their shelves, Thesurvevs of the National Road I have been completed through our 'shte.and those of our Canal to the

Torth

have so tar progressed, as to put to rest, all possible doubt of its practicability—its vftLirr never \-could have been doubU'd.

Our prospects in the West are really bri^iln,ing," and I am happy to have it in my power to say that this I .Village, is improving rapidly, and yet, according to present prospects, it is merely 'jpgitiniiig to improve. The many advantages it possesses are cons'antly becoming more and more obvious, and, artists,. traders and others are constantly visiting, and settling amorist us Notwithstanding every citizen vvho can work in wood, brick or mortar, has been incessantly engaged during the season, and many from abroad have been called to their assistance—it is with great dir

Cculty a room can be rented fV accommodation of those

VaN

isalso the excellence of our soil (or producing Cotton, must in a

Very

short period induce gentlemen ^capital to establish, a Grist and

lw--'li!l,

c°ui

a Cotton Factory, &c. &.c

tins ceirfral point, of this fertile

try A TI.N.VKUand various oth

mechanics would lind this a profit Relocation.

my lasyt number I published the •'temejit of Hie "Nashville Comtniton the subject of the "Six mili tia men

Pose this

maap

'-y

's.^rH

liECEXBEn 8, 1827.

Convention. It

attentive perusal of

person who feels that the real

indpermament independence of this Nation would be conducive to his hap-

\-V,: f" *~J Aat "'^h^

administrators of his own govei nmen

by vending, slanders against then moral'characters,, which he has been unable to sustain, with all his evil Advisers at his back, still I wish from my very heart that the character of this brave old soldier Tould be cleansed from every blemish, and made as spotless- as virgin snow This would do much for the character of our natron—it would plead much in behalf of republican principles—it would wipe trom the cata loglie a copious recordol the frailties of human nature.

But with all the ingenuity exerciseli bv the gentlemen of the "Aa/ivide Comuiittre" they have done no more than to use many sophisticated arguments in extenuation at this bloody d.^ed, and with all their caution have exposed themselves to the detection of every reader who exercises the least observation *„.•

hey introduce the act of Congress of the 13 th Jiprily 1814, as authority for holding these militia men six months in service, when the ordt under which they were culled out was issued from the Mnr Department cm the 1 1 th of January preceding. At the time the order was issued from the WaroLiice, no authority had been given to Mr Madison to hold militia in service for six months, consequently be could not delegate that power, through his secretary to Governor Blount or anyother pub'ic functionary.

But, in this as in all other instances

where General Jackson has made the laws of the land yipld to his private

will I presume he did not understand them, any better than lie did

those sections of the rules and arti

cles

of war uuder which he avowed

he would have hanged the members

of the Hartford Conventi n. f?, have merely cited the above as

one of the many attempts at duplicit

practiced by these very candid gen tlemen who have professed so much

impartiality, and righteousness of in

tention. »,

The friends of the present administration support Mr. A'lami because he tias proved himself the early friend of internal improvements—of the manufacturing interest of his own country, and not the advocate of those of any foreign nation—and has aNo proved himself to be an able and judicious statesman. the friends of General Jackson

su of hin^e'^11

«^p

The gentlemen who com-

119

committee, it will be re

jnfnibered. set forth in their first

etin

that their object was to colanil publish facts in regard to tin ^'a* tcter of General Jackson, that ^peop^ might

rio

ke decciVQd

'^withstanding I am opposed to election of General Jackson, and

v*spise

the course he has pursued in

J*u':nS himself the jiead ?f a fac-

rave

'^h to

become citizens The products of our son are peurinjr :t and extensive

buildings in addition to those hereto fore er^-cec^iare preparing for their recp/jt'On

fie water privileges of the upper country have no doubt utterred some capitalists from viewing this point, for the location of machinery propelled by steam, but I hazard nothing in saying that this point is excelled by fcone in the West indeed it has been pronounced the most eligible pou:t, by those experienced in such establishments (who have fpent Months in exploring,) for the investnierit of heavy capitals. The abundance of coal—the facility with ybich timber "can be obtained the immense crops of superior wheat— corn, antl other grain which is culti-

soldin

Ken let me ivould you select a man as your family physician for his bravery or for his skill in medicine?

spent his whole life in arms, and proved his skill at the battery or iu the round-top in an hundred battles, to conduct your plantation—or would you

choose

one skilled in agriculture

from having spent his whole life iii that employment lie fleet then and choose wisely You arc acting far ymr country in 'iiis selection.— lite mttTr.st-i

never

justice

-..A'-.,'

require, that to the

most remote period of time, the *anie reward shall be awarded to the mine achiecments And

.• ... *',vV::* ::.««'V-^ ,: v-'ic^- •'. ..-: -•--. v?*.^.,'

tion, and" attempting td put down thr.fboy 'named Jacob Leopard,. who he government, nsareaTHbe officers

till there, and in good hands 1 las been said that Mr Leopard has ahrother, Or some connection 'iving near Brookville, Indiana. I

it is so, further information can received by calling at the Post Oflic Brookville Hagerstoicrii Maryland}

October 31st, 1327.

The boy called Jacob Leopard supposed by some persons to be th. Lost f'hild' of Arkansas—whose sto ry appeared in the papers some tim. ago —Me is about the same age, ami has travelled* many thousand miles has. been in New-Orleans, Natchez,

ICT^Prmters in Indiana are reques ted to give the above an insertion. 4 /4^^'

The New York Albion,o.f the 27th ult. gives the following information:

Trebly of Ghent.—The commis sioners for settling the boundary, un der the seventh article of the above Treaty, have, after much labor, and wtient investigation, this day closed their labors, and made their final reports to their respective Governments It is gratifying to state, that the aforesaid commissioners havr amicably determined by far the laj gest portion of the line two points only have been relcrrtd to the governments, viz: one affecting

George's Island, belo^* tha ault de Vfarie, in the water communication between Lakes Huron and ftu perior, Northwest of that Lake and ac La Pluie The commissioners, it will be recollected, are Anthony Barclay, Esq and General 1\ B. Porter*

The Tallahassee Advocate, of the t»th ultimo mentions that the fever had subsided at Pensaeola and that the citizens who had fled lroin it were returnining to their homes Tallahassee and the adjacent country were quite healthy. ,r9P* "f

The Grand Lodge of Masons in Verment have given $100 to the American Lolonization Society

I he Emperor Nicholas of Russia, nas published an Uuase, forbidding Frei^iago.ury throughout his dominions

The vote on the question of a State .on«ention for amending the I onstitutiou, taken at the late election" iu Ge /rgia, has been decided by a majority of nine or ten thousand in the negative __

The lebec Gazette states, that it hns been determined by the "lord high admiral of make the naval

^^ent iu the Caua-

das more ev,oU3've

Would you select a man to manage a critical suit at law wherein your all is at stake because he can fight a good battle? or one whose strict application to study and experience in erted tor many years past, as In practice, has made him familiar with machinery furnished ,the means foi all the intricacies of tiie sciuuce of accomplishing more in battle than aii jaw 1 the Wellingtons who commanded

Would vou select a soldier or a iter armies as without the profits on sailor even though he might have manufactures, the armies winch they led coul'l not be raised or fed

pos

terity aie involved in yourd cisioo i-jt }our judgement and not youi tiussi.ina ule your chou-e,

let

not

»ie said that that holiest of He ivenorn passions, gratitude, rf-rjuire^ nu to make so heavy a sacnhe, ahut ol selecting a man as chief magistrate ol this great nation, whose Aleuts, howuver In iiliant in the field nave

emitted one ray of

light

in the councils of Ins country. II gratitude inquires this sacrifice now, will not

will

not

he precedent now estalished, havp ruliyg influence in the land? l! -, wi'll not the fate of th is be that ol

II preceding republics It so ureas the same cause* produce the •iaine eJJ'ects.

From the Franklin Repository. C0MMUN10 I KD TO THE f^tlliLlC. r5 A man by the name of George Leopard, who formerly* lived in Kentucky, died in llig rstovyn Mary land, last March.*" lie left a

fliiil

SHI

'V? I', A

if 11?*

effective than

it ha« ''ferto been. For this puruse a small vessel is to be put in

Wm be«" is he H-« I commi.s.o,, on each ol the laki, *ml I mouth. »irectl below, sat a man. £w" a a 'Si proved another ut Quebec ... ... who w«mtl«,co»5ta»ttab.t of sleep-Ne.v-O ,, at meeting, with Ins nead leaned back ifn hrarp «n1 in.-

The Mule icd lately in poverty, in England, & CompLon, tUe inventor of the spinning machine called the mule, now universally used by cotton manufacturers tins in tn (observes v\ ies Hreekly Register,) the British nation was indebted for the immense power which it has ex-

Great Britain one girl earning as much as would purctiase the bodies of six German soldiers to fight for King George The nation was therefore indebted to Mr. omptoi more than all the Wellingtons bwi while tiie latter have hundreds o! thousands squandered on them, the former dies a mendicant. This i. the fate of unobtrusive merit. ____________

Mr Forsyth, having been elected Governor of the State of Georgia has resigned his seat in Congress and Governor Troup has ordered an election on the 17th of the present month, to fill the vacancy. Uichani II. ilde, formerly a Member of the House of Representatives, is an nounced as a ctuididate, tor the vacant scut

Capt. Win. Doaue Freetnan has recently been convicted of manslaughter, at Boston Massachusetts, upou a charge of murder of v\ hitehead, one of the crew of the brig Kloyd. The offence was, that Freemanordered Whitehead, when at sea to go aloft when ho was extremely weak and sjck, whereby he fell from the mast into the sea ai)d drowned.

In a jqint meeting of tlje two houses of t(»e l^egislature of

New

Jersey

on the 26th ult Isaap H. Williamson was re-elected Governor: Sevpral stat^j officers were also appointed

All the officers of both Houses (says the American) are friend ly to the present aduiuiiitfatiQU pi

msgms^ms&B

*r -Hf

'\.. ••.•..v-At'..,' v.*. •-••.. ^.±\.\.'y*c-:'rSv*:r-- "it* .w

)f state appointed- in joint-meeting

JVew-Jersey Election*:—The ehic ion of members of the State Legisature. has resulted in the clioice of a majority of 1.7 favorable to the present Administration, being an increase of since the last election.-.

A meeting of the citizens friendly the election of D'Witt Clinton to ne Presidency, is called in Fauqujer ounty, Virginia.

Winter—The Veraiwnt papers say that the snow has already fallen to 'lie depth of one foot on the White

Vlountains

Cotton thread preferable to. Flav for Shoes -r—We would strongly recommend to those among our readers who may be shoemakers, the use of cotton thread instead of flax, in the manufacture of shoes. It is said that the shoes sewed with coaton thread are worth ten ortwelve per cent more than those sew/ed with flax so much longer do they last

JY* I Jldvfrt

"Thursday a Naval General Couri ?ai tial assembled at the Navy ijid, of which Commodore Bainb.id{ is President, andjjRichard S. 'ose is Judge Advocate. We unlerstand that much business will come before the Court.

Mich he soon discovered to be a huge quid of tooacco just taken from his

nil ins mouth wide open The man in the gallery was intently engaged, raising and lowering his hand, and taking all exact obsciveation, till, at length, having got \t right, he let fall the quid of tobac.co, and it fell plump hto the mouth of the sleener beJow! h- whole scene wa« so indescribably !tdicrou3, that,.for the first and last aine in the pulpet, au involuntary ^mile forced itself upou the countenance of the preacher- The mouth ful, awoke tiie sleeper, and he was neva- kuown to indulge in that prac tice afterwards rrr-- IfQrcester Spy 'i

igTDMSl

I hav lost several notes of hand against different perions, described follows

Four seventy-five dollar notes taring date Feb. 2lst 1827, all ot vhich are payable in good neat cat ie N. good saleable coi n-led pofK \LSt), one note of the same date b-awn fur the payment of one hun bed dollars, good and lawful money the United States, all of which are to be paid by Jesse Higgins

ALSO—F Two notes of hand, the lates not recollected, 4'awn for the nay ment of three hundred dollars ne hundred and fjdty dojiars each) xvith a credit of fifty dolUrs on one .jf them, payable by Jacob Runjele

ALSO*r-One notp of hand against Truman Ford, the date not repoilocted, drawrj for the payment oi ten dollars, having a credilof about eight dollars.

ALSO—One note on Walling ant Stip, of $6? 50.

ALSO-^-Ope on Samuel Williams tor one biindred bushels of corn. All persons are therefore notified ••tot to purchase said notes and the several makfrrs of them are hereby iiotifk-d not to pay them to apy peron except myself or my order and that the same have not |e«n sold oi ransferred to any person wh°ever

Given under my hand at Terre Haute this 4th Dec 1827' 'X \VILLlAiVl FULTON 37

ftV r.-^

^s™^e»isapi

w*.

JS-at. Oaz.

Tied Jacket.—This celebrated chief who was recently deposed by the christians of his tribe, h?.s been reii stated by the general council of the nation The charges before pronounced against him were declared false and malicious so far as they affected his character as a great chief."- ... Buffalo Jour.

The Sleeper Cured —Some time since a writer in the Lowell Journal, after adverting to the new invented cure of intemperance, expressed a desire that some one would next discover a remedy for sleeping in meeting This would certainly be a de .ideratuui, and we have heard of nothing approaching nearer to it than the method detailed in the following story -,

A few years since an aged clergyman in the western part of this country, speaking of the solemnity attach ed to the ministerial ofJice, said that during the whole term oi forty or fifty years that he had officiated there: ), his gravity had never but once been disturbed in the On that occasion, while engaged in his ciscourse, he noticed a man, directly in front of him, le.uingover the railing of the gallery, with something in his hand,

r.o

'SCP MERCHANTS and others will^ picas'- tike notice that 1 wil I not hold" my«f|{ ^ccouiitabie for oebts con-., tra ©t1 on.m.y acv' untafter Ahis date,, wit- O- my order. 1*

positing

OOLMAN/

Pecr,mt,er5. 1&27.

JOSEPH

He c. 4. 1827 5 3

•-n

HE subscriber hereby cnutitm. all per^nas against purchasing a note, "f hand drawn by him in favor of a Reuhen Wivarn for ei^ht dollars, and''? dafpd on the 17'fh Hay of November 1827 as sai:J note was fraudu-, 'entl obtained and he, has received no v.^luahle considcra^on therefo",

t'lay Count-', Jack'-ioa loi'nfhip, November t'ie-17t-'i, -i-n-

^^•Tnken Up^

BY' Nicholas fVomwe!} one c-rey fl«' -bitten mare, ten or 'lve-u ^'-g oirl, fourteen hands high, no. br»:da. c^ivable, aporaisd by John Lithuro and Moses l^ars t(» ('lev!,n dol'ars.

JOSHUA CROMWPJJ .J P, 1C 7, 1 °9J si'

Land Jigencn.

'Pi1:

pork with the above gent^-

nan, and hand'Og me his receipt, which I shallmuch pleasuie nassing to t^ei/.eredit. 5

4%-

/f-

e%.}

ANDS, situated 'u either of the •:.ounties bordering the WABASH Vorth of Vincennes. fa. :JAMKS F\RIUiSGTON.

Tcrre-liaute, Dec Gth, 18^7. r,7tf

MOTIVE

W. OSBORN.

JiSj

THOSE of my sub-,

scrdy^* living near di-tiileries, who, prefer it, can unife and send me a few barrels of WHISKEY, which/\ will olso aid me in paying for paper.,

'Ji»

HE Subscriber, havinjr for soum years acted as an agent for several of the principal non-resident landholders in this section of country, and this kind of business having increased with him annually, so as, at present, to require particular attention, will hereafter accept thoAGENCY of any business relating

THE patrons of the REGISTER a,? hereby informed that I have eajp arrangements with Mr. C* ROSE, of this Town, to receive a

In payment for P\PKR an 1 isk^* wfi which he has furniVied :r* 'or -on**months past and that

a. angt^uienfc Hicr have

(»v.

'hi*

T,r-p

)^tu-f

.,jiv of not onlv di^ohartring t!iir "a*»9ent accnu- ts, but ot in^kr.-g pav,fpnts in ADV NCE, wdi a saving to them and an acconvnoda-t lion to me. I-hope, therefo., tne friends of tne establ.shment will* .'grease the whe^ls

little bs ^|e-

J. W. 0.&

TALLOW will be of great^

use *o me during the present winter. MONEY will NOT be RE-W FUSED. "~-:X -F^\ |)'c. 6, 1827

GOOD

FOR A MAN OF BUSINESS.

fl'ii 3 A la

A QU AR TER SECTION OF LANI* near Mt. Pleasant, Martin county, la with a good

SAW-MILL,

thereon, which is doing good busi^ ness. This MILL SEAT is one of the best in that section of country and situated on Boggs' creek, in the most popqlous part of the ^°unty-

Vny centleman who wishes to erect OISTILLLERY where- he can do lis own grinding, andthat ot a flourj:,hing neighborhood—would do 11 to invest a small capital in. this property The terms of sale will be easy either for CASH or good proper-i ty_^hut the former will be preferred: a credit will be given if desi*

AMORY KINNEY/

Terrc-Haate. June 27, I8a7

LOST,

ant

No-i6,

BPANK

between' Richard

IN the range Webton'sand Henry A^6" *.

Saddle-bUnket person finding

farm.

the morning ol the Hth ioSt. 4

Man's Saddle,

*d cirrtingle. Any

findin?a^0Y° ProPertJt

to the owner in

Hau^

8hal1

Terre warded

IEEDStby

«inglo for sale at

r$,

'i*»era',y

^their trouble

HOMAS ROGERS, 1827-—34

the quire, or