The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 4, Number 38, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 December 1827 — Page 3

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existing revised

ll(t|i,n .'i contains but lit.!',

Wto the niutiplicity of

l,,(y

use-

K'i whir* might be incurJprfl Kniik ot its kind. Code-

X««»'»

n,e vvi

r"1' con«

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rns

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f'i|rl° |,c found a remedy for PlliC,lin-.vvifl^praricat mod.

!ry-L](or

seeking redress, aLri«e wi'tli the common

beesp^^'-

iaw

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in-,

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sta

ii foi as to. Klvau..

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is made. I

must be al-

inion tl,at rinc ,c

be selected, si...-

,l written in a statutebook.

hp the ltfop'e

era!1

Kvrt

y',

id?

w«

cnrrecr

"^jurisprudence which conheirU"

An.l iHlie cod-

wholesome provisions, i. e|iPd

Ifains

whether they wen'

.lorV-rrowed from the beau "minis ot* common law, the

t|,e

Napoleon or the Liv-

^TcO'le® than the last ot which I,le other contribute more a-

,!,! t., SWell

Jeerii the: *nt.. •naif to» 'anif it on)the tenan cy.. rt

its page" will) its

nrwints- This

c,,de t!oes Im

Jor to the distinguished luwho penned it, and may. „per modifications, be aJbv anv slate. bhooM we r'jj insctlin?

code as replete

i. matterss t'sis nne is, the coinJ' Knslanil.aod .ha British :j lleh,aulorit,.«hichhav ,, ilecUred in force in this state. be abandoned as obligatory, in prases, and made use ot only as .itVi Or, as it. is not contenat a single effort can reduce all unwritten to wiitten laws, so a* nthrace everv possible ca*P, oi the mind of anv finite creature, orasp at enough for the infinitude human acts, the common law |oht be continued in force in al. not within the perview of the

The advantages such a

com*

irtl, will be, to tnablc the rerned to Know what the law is. Jd to have it in their power to acIre that knowledge without inucli I'jble rr expense. I i«[not now lease, r.or will it ever

1jc,so

Several thou-and

long

booKS

of reports

](l elementary treatises must be J. to arrive at a full knowledge ol |e laws. A code, mr.y cor.

Is*,a pi in-

so enitorn"'zed, tlut a single [ntence would ^\\e that i:i(orina])!i, relative to the common transitions ot

lie world, which the la

a week in

books,

occur

would not so

leirlv establish. 'Hie presumption |atno code can he suddenly

mad.-

I comprehend all the caseu which lay

in community, as far ud-

Vced

in civilization as ours, is argument whv we should not pi!iei/ce the work ot self governi'nt in reality, and i:o ai far as we i:i.leaving tlie balance fir posterito do As long as one country pely siibiui's to he governed by the '•sand customs of'another. it is not tirely free. Half a century has 'it'll away sincc the declaration cm independence, and lirilish pws stiff govern us. The earlier commence shaking off this disiepablestiyniaupon the intelligence capability of our countrymen, '-'sooner we shall be prepared tt. jt.'J't to the coijimon law of Kng l!id. asa body of philosophy, and

it up only as a lamp in the d: and to resolve that no »yhtein. lowever grand aiid'beautiful in all it? |l *netry and parts, which must rea mystery to the multitude, F'l^as in:!ccesible to it as the laws r'Ula^ula, shall be the role bv H'ich tiie condnct of all shall be f'i'^red. I sha 11 hope that gen•'"'•en of die bar will not suppose, 'bis attempt to promulgate the |j"\s tit the laud, will be aimed at ^tlruwj'ul profession, (»r condemn

Plac!icahility, until they see the Pook.

^be sales

and

entries

,J'

('n(

|tr

111^^

of lots in the

l"diatiapolin, authorised by

J]1"acl "f the last session, Irom May l'

»Pto this time, amount to twelve I "'Usaml tb.ee hundred and sevenIV'lour dollars,

'j!e.

,rPas'Jry

itiun as it was last year, on acI'• '"'it ol the rcductioH of taxes, which j, jutliori/.ed by the la«it session. I*'it

dSscS8H!Cnts

•WISP'.. •J^swhw

'ist, which "tft treasurer lias not reported to me. The ordinary expenses of the present political year. ight not to exced twenty-seven housand dollars.

in addition to

he above, it maybe expected that rwiet'ning will be realized from old delinquent Jists. Our state debt is extinguished, except what is due the road and canal and seminary funds, which are payable at the pleasure :he state the amount of which appeared in my last regular communication.

The ryistin^ revenue law will produce means enough for the common purposes of government in future. The polls ar^rapidly increasing and a large additional lantity fland will be added, this year, to the old source of revenue. 1 shall be at all times at my poti ready to co-operate with you, in any measure tending to preserve the Union of the states public and private prosperity the just and constitutional powers of the people the -towers of the several departments :f the government free from cn••roachnvnt civil liberty

and

held in many parts of irginia. They are generally very numerously at tended—the one held v.i

can be but little doubt that Virginia

will give her vote to Mr. Adams lit

the next election.

But it is well sometimes to seek pleasure in anticippation though we

may know at the same time that our expectations are visionary.

Jackson—

is not in as goo.l a

of the past year.

Ij'm ""tenceed thirty-three thousand ,'

°t which it is not probable

'(Hire than twentv-seven thou-

man twentv-seven thouwill be paid into 'the treasury, alarice being required for com"Sbion, delii.queiicies, milea

ge and

'^n tdd balance in the

9,^34, as reported to

the treasurer on the 31st ot

[iji'rf added to the sum of S*^,imposed to arrive at the treas Li

year's revenue, will make ol $46,234 for Hie service of iC*rrent

ear

except tlui amount?

hince the said 31st of D^c.

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Wabash District.

equati-

fy, with their original qualifications tl.e rights of private property, and the sanctity of individual contracts the exercise of all the legitimate powers delegated to the central and national legislature at Washington the unrelinquished rights of the states a proper respect for the acts of the.se in authority, always tempered by the public sentimentpeace the unqoalifi -d toleration .»( religious

political

sentiment,

without proscription, and the elements of that greatness to which our beloved country is destined, by the Kuler of the Universe, in her majestic march, to arrive.

AM RA Y.

Reghlcr Officc.

TKR11E-1I.1UTE:

SAFUR-OARI DE

E E 15, 1827.

Mr. Gall.vri.v, late miuist.T

London has returned home.

Public meetings of the friends of! marked his conduct, and is making the "American System" have

The friends of the Hero claim the

vote of New-York—they also

that of

Both branches of our State Legis-

ture convened at Indianapolis on the

3d inst. A letter to the editor, dated on the

8 th says. "The session has commenced with an unusual degree of harmony and

fiood

feeling. State politics have not. as yet, created any excitement a tilting the members, and as to Nation al politics they are spoken of in spirit of mildness that is highly hon orable to both parties.

There are fifty eight members of the House ot Representatives, four teen in favor of the election of tlif Hero! And twenty one members o! the Senate three only in favor of Gen

them to concede that a brilliant military exploit is paramount to every

aud mechanics of our country step

forwerd in support of

port

been extensive

Richmond

especially, was unprecedented From present appearances there

cUum

Indiana11 IVift calculations.'!

thus we find the Genera!

Assembly stands 63 to 17, on tbi Presidential question.

Thus it seems that after all the fuss about Gen Jaclcson certainty

of the vote of Indiana, his prospect

are us faint as his friends are noisy

In ordet* to make room for th

Governor's Message, 1 have beei

compelled to omit the publication the balance of the address of the com

milteeofthe liarrisburgh Conven-

ion But, as it will well be.-.r a sec Olid perusal, I hope my patrons wiK

give that p*rt of it which I have already published a second reading

The remainder of this address sl.al

be published so soon, as I possibly

can make room for it,, .4,

It will be seen that a convention oi

the friends of the present Adminis

-J'

^ration is to be holden at Indaanajio- $750,000 in gold. The Inie of 'haf

lis on the 12th of next month.! -Ii

is to be hoped that the cit zens of

each county in the state will send delegates and particularly those ol the

JVow

the time has

arrived for active measures—to be

longer silent or inactive, might be hazarding the best interests of the na7 tion. Tho?e whose infatuation lead

consideration, are using every mean? to secure the election of a man to the

chief magistracy of this nation, who will not even declare himself favour

able to those measures which alone can secure the permanent interests of the American agriculturists and artists upon which classes the

strength, glory and existence of our happy republic depends. .""f? Let then the Jhard- handed farmers

those

their

merican system

who sup

interests. It is

"measures"

that are to be supported, not "men." It is the "American system"—that system

which nurtures

home

indus

try, and leads native genius by the hand to its full maturity that we are

now called upon to support, in opposition to military enthusiasm.

The citizens of Vigo are now uni

ted, and it is hoped they will unanimously assemble in behalf of the '"A-

I have been requested to say that

a meeting of the citizens of this (own

will be held on Tuesday evening next at the House of Mr. Israel Har

ris, for the purpose of further delib

erating upon the subject of petitioning the Legislature at its present session for a special act of incuriiuratinn.

The "Indiana Palladium" printed

at Law renceburgh, of the 21th ult says'-We are authorized to announce

JOHN II THOMPSON' Ksq of Clark County, a candidate for Gov-

ernor at the next August election

Great preparations are making by Russia, and her allies to protect

Greece from being annihilated by her barbarous oppressors The Sublime

Porte evinces all that austerity and suilen determination which has ever

preparations to enforce lm

vengeance upon Greece in defiance

of 1 he Christian powers

F-rom present acccrunts we may expect shortly to henr of •tremenduons

fighting, not in Greece, but in the

Turlciush Empire

'ii

Indianapolis^ Dec.

general publicity to this notice-

IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEE TINli. The friends of internal improvements and OdiHOtic Manufactures will meet in the town ot Indianapois on Saturday, the lCthof January. 1828, to take into con-idei atiou the next Presidential election and the -everal counties in the state are earnestly requested to send delegates uthorised to represent them at «aid meeting editors and others friendly to the proposed objects are desired lo

&ive

A CUT/1 N

Indiana Journal.

NEW JEP.SEV.^

This State is making strong lo

keep pace with her neighboring States in the great work cf internal improvement. '1 he Legislature, which istnow in session, is considering the project of a canal from the Delaware to New-York Harbor An ap plication has been made for leave to open a canal from Newark Bay to \ew-York Bay And a company

been formed making a rail way between Elizabeth Poinjuind, Easton.

Too cheap by half!—The

one

follow"

iiig very intalest and patiiotic oHt ,\ as made in Ohio, at the late elec{ion, by

of the genuine duciplea

Old Hickory

will support the caufce of Gen lackson in the Legislature at their text (tension, if the people ot^ this. Miunty thinks me orthy, lor bij:tyuo cents and a half per day.

C.EOWOK II AKKNKR."

TOIB'M'M a

Wc learn, by the way of Havana. hat Com. Porter has sailed for Cadiz bay. with the frigate Libcraiat ind the Brig Guerrero, (both well ti med) with the view ot inte rcept ng the frigate Perin, which sailed irem Havana en the iClh ult. with

....

:le ship Sob'ano is expected in lia vanain all December, with 400 mar iners for the garrison. On the fii •if this month, Ihe Spanish squadro at Havana, was busily engaged ir lending their sails, &c. and appealed to be, in every respect, in exdcl lent order.

iptain Dickerson, of *he ship Prudence, at New-York, in day!from Pernamhuco, reports, ^Tliat the whole coast of Brazil contiimes to be completely lined will Btier*»Ay res Privateers. One oil' Baltia. alone captured 10 vessels in 3 days, the principal part of which with val liable cargoes on board, vprc man ued and sent to the liiver La Plata It was stated thnt'this same Privateer had on board in silver, two hundred thousand niilr«as,? prize money. was also stated at Uio. that some further negociations for peacc were going on, through the British Minister at Buenos Avres, but there was nothing known to form a judgement upon."

Thil Sat. Eve. Post.

Accounts from Barcelona, concerning the disturbances in Catalo* nia, say, ''a fresh civil war has bro* ken out in this quarter: it is assuming the most frightful appearance, and is rapidly spreading through the province.

In many parts of England heavy nnd continued rains had occasioned fears of great injury being done to the harvest.

Notice.

The subscriber hereby informs hiold customers and the public general I v, that he has now on hand a

Good Assortment

Harness, &c. &c.

Which lie will exchangp for W HIS KEY, FLOUR. BEEF-CAT I LK. rALLOW. HIDE*, BEES-WAX COUNIRY LINEN, LE AT HE It of every description, FEYl'HKRS,

l/tc.

He will also continue to manu •acture all articles in his line, according to order, for the above kin l? of trade, to be delivered when tlr work is done, or when the at tides are received of him

WILLIAM PROBST.

Tcr' e-H.iufe, December 10, 1R27. 3 St

Wauled

One or

JOURJYJEYMEM

—eis

A N

8 or 9000

HOOP POLES

During this Winter and next Spring.

8. Eversol.

Terre-Haute, Dec. 12, 1827—S8tf

Administrator Xotice.

Notice is hereby given, that, as an \dministrator of'the estate of Peter Metzcher, late of Sullivan county !a.

have tiled a complaint, whiei is now pending, in the Probate Cour of said county, for the settlement o' said estate as insolvent and that al creditors of said estate, who do no cotne in ami present their claims be lore th* determination of the cour hereon, at the next regular term 0 said court, will be postponed.

DAVID GROSS.

Sullivan County, la. \,. .Dec. lath, 1827. 58-3W

Administrator's Notice

sale of the personal property the late CHARLES THOMSON, dee'd. consisting of a few article® clothing, shoe-maker's tools, &< will be disposed of ut public sale, the Court House in this place, 0 Saturday, the 12th January next be rween the hours of 10 and 4 o'cloci of said day.

The personal and real estate o^ said deceased is considered as mon than sufficient for the payment his debts.

STEPHENS. COLLETr. JidnCr of said listalt

Terre-Haute, Dec. 15th, 1827.—^—58ts

BLANK DEEDS, by the quire,

sirgle for sale at thisoflice.^

Has just received from-

LOUISVILLE,

Handsome Supply-

OF iV

Fresh Groceries.

Which will fe sold fh'" liHvest eas'i 4 p-ices for A MI FI^v-SKINS l?r e-Hantp. D„ j.\ |8_»7 3^ t't\-

Dr. S.

Ptiificlc

Of this place, has

E I E

VACCINE

A E 1 1

Physicians and others in the country can be supplied bv calling. Terre-Haute. Dec. 13, 1R'V-3Rtf

TAKEN

,—uv Joim

if.lackson township, Park? cou.itv, tndiana, one ,H\Y \RE, witu •vliite liiirs mixed, hind and ri^ht fore legs white up to the se.Nm I joints, left fore leg white on the outide and wiiite al! round the p.i-f:. -lint, ball face even with the eais, vhite on t(ie underside of the nnder jaw, white «n the belly, marked by a saddle on the back, two whit spits »ppo:site each other behind the sV'Uiler blades, four or, five years old, ourteen hands and a half high, no rands or other mirks perceivahb', •ppraised to twenty five dollars by i'ohins Miller and lleury G.irner, before me on the 23d day of Novemer, A. I). 1327.

A true copy from my csfray boot 'his 2Gth d.ty of November,' A. D. 13-27.

GEORGE HANSEL, J. P. 38*3w

Thomas II.

AnD :fttv :. "j

E. M. Huntington

icill hereafter V/

PRAC TICE LAW

In partnership They, or one of them will attend the courts of the fir-t ju-' diciai circuit, and the supreme ourt ..

Their otfice i.s in I'erre-Hante, uN* the corner opposite Jui.'ge Deming. August 31st, 1827 24ti

Second Call.

ALL persons indebted to the subscriber are earnestly requested to cali', and make arrrangement 10 settle their accounts immediately, as 110 louge? indulgence can be given.

SAMUEL M'QTTILKLV.

Oct 13, 1827. 29 tf.

IMMEDIATELY

To Rent

»-pIIEr5oat Yard at old TerrcHaute. The terms can be made known by triplication to

William Walker*

Terre-Haute. Sent. 14th 18-27.

"TTNOTICE.."

The late

turer of the

Having communicated to me the e.rt of making those STRAPS tor the benefit of MYSRLF and the public genorally I shall continue to manufacture them, at my factory in 'lerre Haute, where I have and will continue to keep on hand a constant^ supp'y wholesale and retail

N. I have succeeded in making such an improvement as will enable ne to warrant them for ^0 yeain •vhen they have careful usage this •unrovement also causes the strap keep a smooth edge upon the m-

Irnment while it cuts it down as last •, •s formerly.

C. Gilbert, S. Coll city

Qmms

laving used Levi Jacobs' improved, durable Razor Straps we certifythat they exceed in excellence and durability any strap we have ever used, and freely recommend them. as useful and valuable to all thus*.. who may have use tor such an ar tlC^C 1

Iteming,

IIo?Za1t

fuhn F. Crafty Davd Linton, I. II. Scott, lobert Wilson, *. Cabe, e.rwotson,.

11'

Ifright,

1 a

Cll?se*

nmes Partington, t\

rael

Harris,

Lvnnvzhamt

,ohn Brilton, S Jr^tdkiu, inhn Campbell, A

'hester Tutile,

IMehLiss,

JV.

Huntington,

I Mien, C. JU. JMode&Utt "eter Allen* j'

jtr

4i:

!,f

-M

O S manufac

"SC.rERlOIl, DURABLE

RAZOR STRAP,"

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