The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 6, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 May 1828 — Page 3

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J'"Investigate with more care, to lis teu'io th«Topposing members of the Lmittee with great attention and

nj,rt

closely

live

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measures oi» ordinary m«-

-la^ce, ami every day occurrence, P0t ^ported by Committees fur the frT\sa.tiou of the House, it is a usual "''XWere the Committee u-

irl t,,eir ,ft ort? so

J'he report carries with it great influ-

and directs, and, in a qualified

'J controls the decision ot the Honi But if there has been a di-

0nin

Committee, it is customary

and to decide with njpre de-

f&^Ies.cor.li^nco. If we apjdv this common rule of to the course pursued on the

Tu-irt' *e

sha!i discover lann

Coniste.H7

si0,),

,n"

of practice- There was

scarcely an item-certainly very few items o.n^ich the committee were unanimous On the most imporitems there was nearly an equal

which is easily accounted

•\r Mr. Mallary and Mr. Condict led uniformly "gainst all imposts which were adverse tp. the prayer of the suffering interests, and Mr. Mar-, tin on constitutional grounds, voted ,^hst ail protecting duties, after eoiii^ with the Jackon part of the Lamittec in a» their amendments. It was, therefore, to he expected that trDill reported amidst such a conflict of opinions, should be investigated

that the dissenting por

tion of the Committee should be heard with attention and respect, and that decision should be more careful and less confident.

Can any man read the proceedings

the Commmittee of the Whole, throughout, and especially of Friday, and discover any of these proper srid usual indications of at fention, respect, deliberation, care, .!id doubt? The Jackson members ofthe committee who spake— Messrs ii. Wright, J. S. Stevenson, StanburyantTf. P- Moore, have certainly (hown no disposition to invite an examination into the grounds of their Incision but have thrown their whole {.eight against every proposition made by Mr Mallary, the Chairman ofthe Committee, to modify the bill. Mr S. Wright and Mr Stevenson seem to have been deputed to entangle the perceptions of the House in I a net of figures,, to sustain by arithmetic, what was not sustainable by any of the principles of common sense, to mystify aLd to involve what ought to have been disentangled and I clear as the sun at noon day* Mr.

Stanbury and Mr. Moore lill the subordinate and less difficult task ot lifclaioiiiig on the purity of the members ofthe Committee, and declaiming against those who had presumed I to ditfer from them- There has been nothing like a disposition to concede manifested throughout the khole debate, aljthough compromise aud patriotism have been daily on the lips nf the fathers and advocates of I the bill.

But the course of proceeding on Friday surpassed, in intolerence, all the previous conduct of the Jackson [party. Determined to cut short discussion, to weary the committee out. they rejected every motion to rise, Urged on those who desired to obtain k'iy modification of the bill to thrust their amendments to the Chair, in a manner which gave the longest arrp the best chance—and then, without tven listening to their purport or obtaining any insight into their characvoting them all down bv uproar, except the one jjifere*! by Mr. J. S.

Steveiison, ^r,d another by Mr. Buchanan. No one could view the

one eoulu view

stene wjtho'it feeling regret for the char icifir of the House, and a trem"''"p apprehension for the public in- -,

inline,

'['fallibility of judgment tical knowl

Crests in the hands of those who |»KMru^fu ness. •. ^'ould neither listen, deliberate or ex-

kit likely that fron? such disposiI'ODS and circumstances can proceed yirilF which will meet the wishes wants of the country? If any shall paSS) it would be the bijl of v|'lr individuals of the Committee on "Uiufactures, who have erected ^rat-elves into a tribunal, for the *s-ision ct the question, from which .nere shall be no appeal. Now, grantthat these judges are pure in inodu they arrogate to themselves

-erests—all experience in manufacpres of every sort all the ftion vvhicl

!. life to

s»

I 'nt us

rom

l^pti°n

system of divine right, aiui of that aristocracy of sentiment and action which excludes the majority of man kind from the privilege of free tho't and free action. We are thankful to God, that?if these principles, are to be tolerated on earth they cannot be permitted even to exist, much less to influence, in our section of it, until the effects of a few more ages shall have weakened that love of independency which we have directly inher ited from the fathers of the country.

From the UiQhmond Whig,

The following note was drawn from Judge Marshall, by the article extracted from the Mary lander, in the Whig of Saturday.—It will he seen that while the Chief Justice disclaims the remark, "that he should cousid ec the election of Gen. Jackson as virtual dissolution of the Union," he ikewise treats with contempt, the charge of corruption preferred a gainst the President and Secretary of State. The testimony of such a man, is worth whole volumes of argument, and weighs down the clamor of ten thousand such as Krem.er, Ingham, and Co.

SIR: I perceive in your paper of to-day a quotation from the Marylander, of certain expressions ascribed tome respecting the pending election for the Presidency ot the United States, which I think it my duty to'disavow Holding the situation 1 do under the government of the United States, I have thought it right to abstain from any public declarations on the election and were it otherwise, I should abstain from a conviction that iny {opinions would have no weight ,« admit having soid in private that, though I had not voted since the establishment of the general ticket system, and had bcheved that I never should vote during its contiuuance, I might probably depart from my resolution in this instance, from the strong sense I felt ot the injustice ol the charge of corruption against the President and Secretary ot State: I never did use the other expressions ascribed to me.

obtained in

and

Is all prac-

ledge of the wool growing

jnlorma-

it lias b.e,en the business obtain-:-r-and, added to

ail the facts and arguments confined jn pri^te memorials, executive ^ports, and the records of former legislatures:—to be decided away shadows, falsehoods, and illusions,

H,our men, not one "of whom is P^cticai'y cognisftnt of tho subject? Virion sO'ise is startled at the mere nation

cov'nmon

charity must pre-

-^posing that the arro-

|J'ulCe °f human, nature—monstrous as I Proverbially i-y—could ever be car1^, to that extend It is onlv the l^gance of a

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founded on an

of ty .obtuseriess, the

l., or the pliiiMitv

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of tlie

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a practical ,detence of the

March 20, 1828.

I request you to say that you are authorised to declare that the Marylander, has been misinformed.

Very respectfully, your ob't. J.MARSHALL. .John Pleasants, Esq.

The decision on the second amendment of Mr. Mallary yesterday, proves, as far as the decision of the Committee goes, that nothing will be done to fulfil the just expectations and anxious efforts of the manufacturers The hill, as it came from the Committee, with all its injustice, and all its inefficiency, is to be forced upon the true friends of Domestic Industry, if they are to have anything Nothing like concession or compromise wili^be agreed to by the advocates of the Committee and their measure not a cent will be abated where the impost bears'so heavily not a cent added where "it is insufficient for protection- The opposition have given us a sufficient insight to enable us to judge of the character of the watchwords which they mean to use to quell the people. I hey iorsoolh will set themselves up as the exclusive friends of protection—protection as distinct from prohibition—as the friends of the poor while they will denounce those who honestly looked to the true interests qf the farmer and manufacturer, as the enemies of Domestic Industry, and the oppressors of that pait of society whose means of enjoyment are in the inverse

ratio of a feeble

T1 nKn

°f

some

the

House, when

ayes and noes are taken on the va rious questions, since it very commonly occurs that those who

bold

are

most

reckless of public opinion

when they can Jvote without public responsibility, bccome',timid and con scientious when the yea bqolc is opened.

and nay

JVaf. Jour.

The Missis* ippi-—Between Francisville and New Orleans, ar

St. not 1st

the

far from the llowmas on VIarch, the river on its east bank had made an extensive crevussr it is not known what damage is aone. At Natchez, and son^e distance above the riyer had ceased rising.

Mr Charle9 Howard,of Uingham, (Mass.^ has patented his improvc•nent on the common plough, by which this useful instrument ot agriculture is made to work without the aid or assistence of a ploughman, in a more regular and uniform manner than can possibly be done W any other way.

Ohio Garni.—Qn I6th lilt, the waters of the Great Miair^i qf the Lakes werfr mingled With tfeose^ gf the Ohio at Cincinnati. On the 1 th, l-oals arrived. They «ere joyfully greeted by the citizeus,

II. Clay. '^IVashington, March 17,1828. SIR: Having visited the Colony of Liberia, on my return to the States, from a cruise in the Mediterranean, I cheerfully comply \yith your request, by presenting to you such views of its present condition and probable growth as occurred to me in the course of that visit.

The soil in the possession of the Colonists is rich, and will produce a superabundance for th® support of the Colony, as well as for external commerce. Sugar, cotton, rice, and various trees and plants, yielding valuable dyes, and medical gums, can be cultivated with success.

The population is now

Agent

1,20Q,

The appearance of all the Colonists, those of Monrovia as well as those of Caldwell, indicated more than contentment Their manners were those of freemen, who experienced the blessing of liberty, and appreciated the boon Many of them had, by trade, accumulated a competency, if the possession of from three to five thousand dollars may be called, so. As a proof of the growing importance of the commerce ofthe country, more than 100 hogsheads of tobacco had been used during the last year, and the demand was increasing. Ivory and camwood are now the prominent articles received in exchange for foreign imports oth

dyewood?, and many medical gums and roots will be hereafter brought in, as they are already known to exist in the interior.

I take this occasion to suggest the propriety of permitting any of the Colonists to jmr.chase any additional number of acres of laud from the Agent. By permitting this, the more enterprising will be enabled to turn their attention to the culture of the coffee tree, which grows spontaneously in the vicinity of Monrovia In fact, the soil will produce every thing whicl)

tropical cliuiate will allow

to arrive at maturity. From the good order and military discipline which appears to prevail a mong the Colonics, I am induced to believe they could easily repel any attack which could be made upon them by any native force 3 hey have arms, and having associated themselves in volunteer companies, have acquired the knowledge of using them with effect, against any probable force which might be bro't to bear upon them, by undisciplined and scattering tribes in their vicinity. It is true, they have r\o harbors for lar,re vessels, as all their riveis are obstructed by bars. 'I his )8 not of much consequence [to the coasting trade, as they have many harbors and inlets which are accessable to small vessels. Largp vessels have also one advantage, and most of the heavy winds are oil the coast, which S'

thf?ro 1 smooth scr* Off

Cape Messurado, there is a good anchorage, on the pitch ot the Cape thev have planted a battery, which ,wili protect any vessel that may need it, from piratical depredations.

I would respectfully suggest, ior your consideration, the propriety of making the principal Agent of the Colony a "Commercial Agent, as cases have occurred on the coast when such an appointment might have proved the means of reselling American property from the hands of foreigners,

Iwhp have maintained

possession of it in consequence there being no legalized American on the coast.

The importance of this Colony, as regards the native tribes ofthe poast, is, in mv estimation, 6reat' already begin to perceive that it is civilization and the blessings of religion, ivhiph give

superiority

tfi

,Pan

over his fellow man They, had jjupnosed it was the white skin, PMt now I they seejn their ncighbsiifaQ0^ Pien,:

ts.sK-

"AMERICAN COLONY AT LI- Vorytheir own color, enjoyihg.all ll(€jse BER1A. 'lad vantages, hitherto deemed peculiar Copy of a Letter from Capt. JSTichol- to the former.. This has elicited a son of the U. Navy, to the Hon. spirit of inquiry which must tend

and

is healthy and thriving. The children bjrn in the country are fine, looking, and I presume can be raised as easily as those of the natives. J^ll the Colonists with whom 1 had any communication, (and with nearly the whole I did communicate in person, or by my officers) expressed their decided wish to remain iu their pres-: ent situation, rather than to return againtothe U. States. I cannot give you better evidence of the prosperity ofthe Colony, than by mention ing that eight of my crew, (colored mechanics) after going on shorettwo several days, applied for, and received their discharge, in order to remain as permanent settlers These men had been absent lrom their country, upwards of three years, and had, among them, nearly two thousand dollars in clothes and money. Had they not been thoroughly convinced that their happiness and prosperity would be better promoted by remaining among their free brethren in Liberia, they would not have deter-, mined on so momentousastepas quitting the U, States, perhaps forever, where they had all left friends and relatives.

to their benefit. The philanthropist may anticipate the day when our language and religion wijl spread orerthis benighted Iantt. The sJavrt trade will cease, as the cplojny progresses, (and extends its settlements The very spot, where now exists, a free people, was a depot for the reception of manacled slaves. T^is fact alone is entitled to consideration, and ought to arouse the zeal of the friends of humanity every where

Our large cities complain of the number of free blacks who have, by their petty crimes, filled their penitentiaries. Would not the Colony be benefitted, by the labour of these men, and the community relieved by their transportation? I certainly think the colony sufficiently strong, both morally and physical^, to prevent any injury from their admission I do not pretend to point out the mode or character in which they ought to be received This I leave to those whoare more able fto judge on the subject I see that the colony is, now, in want of numbers, to clear and cultivate a country, which will amply pay them for the labor,

I take leave to mention, that the climate is much like that of all similar latitudes and as the land is rich and most of it still in woods, we must expect that billious fevers will sometimes prevail but I do not think it more unhealthy, to the colored people, than our extreme -'outhern coast and as the soil of Liberia becomes cleared and cultivated, I have no doubt it will be found as healthy as any other Southern latitude. It was, I believe, never intended, that the white man should inhabit this region of the globe at least we know that the diseases of this climate are more fatal to him, than to the man of color. They luxuriate in the intense heat, while a white man sinks under its exhausting influencp 1 confess, sir, that, since I have visited the Colony, I have felt a strong interest in its prosperity and hope that it will thrive under the auspices of a society, among whom are some of our most distinguished citizens.

If what I have communicaied shall prove instrumental, in the slightest degree, to sustain you in the cause of humanity, and of this degraded race, I shall rejoice that my duty called me to witness the growing prosperity ofthe Colony at Liberia.

With sentiments of high respect, I have the honor to be, your obedient j*rvant,

NO. B. NICHOLSON, Late Commander of the

U. S. ship Ontario The Hon HENRY CLAY Vice President of the Colonization Society.

Melancholly event.—The Norfolk papers of Monday give the foil wing account of a dreadful accident which happened near that place on Saturday 7t Jour.

We record, with deep sorrow and sincere sympathy in the affliction which the event must necessarily produce to their numerous connexions and friends, the following shocking disaster by which three of the

most

promising young officers of

our jVavy have sunk into an untimely grave. It has cast aj gloom over a large portion nf our socie? •v by many of {whom these respectable and worthy young men were held in high esteem.

A boat belonging to the Navj Yaid, (jiospoi t, in which were midshipman WM- J. SLIDELL, of N York, FUD'K RODOERS, (son ofCpm. Rudgers,) ot Mary I and (ROBERT HARRISON* (son of Robert! M. Harrison, esq. Am. Commercial Agent, St. Bartholemcw*) and BUSH ROD W. HUNTER, of the District of'Columbia, left the Yard on Saturday morning, on an excursion ot pleasure, and went between Lambert's Point and Crancy Island, the boat was upset by a sudden flaw ot wind, and the three first named were droyyned. Mr. HUNTER was providentially rescued from the fate of his companions (after remainig in the w^ter a considerable time) by a vessel passing near the spot where the accident'occurred.

Immediately on the receipt of this painful intelligence, Com. BAR«N despatched boats, with instructions to use every possible exertion for the recovery of the bodies, which have returned being unsuccessful in obtaining either of them.

The boat wa$ discoverjl yesterday morning, supk, off Lambert's Point. A slipj from the Ollice of the Beacon, dated Saturday, 9 A. M.

say9»—

The bodies pf the young gentlemen who were drowned on Saturday last have not yet been found, further efforts for their recovery will be made t^iis lUj.

The Commissioners1 appointed by the legislature to locate a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis, a Tceable to the proclamation of tl$e

Gove-nor- will meet Iti thi*tow-n on ^Monday next, for the purpose ot 'CQpjfjiencing their labors

Indianapolis,Gazette.

r—llie* borongh elfftidT

in Harri*burir, Penn. has resulted in the cho?©* of Jackson mev!—the highestvote on. that ticket being 211 the highest on- t-Q. Administration ticket 148. At the last presidential election, Mr. Adams received vote9.

A^. election for Assessor, in ward 13 in Pfew-YVk city was made last week and untested on adininiMra-. tion and opposition grounds^ The, whole number vote9 taken were 552, and resulted in the defeat of the Jackson candidate by a small majority. The vote stood as follows: Obadiah Newcomb, Jr. (Administration) 27 Walter Howall, (Jackson) 4 Liyingston. (Administration) 9 t'The National Advocate remarks— On the whole the friends of the Administration have reason to teel piea«ed at their triumph Th^ir opponents as usual, were very acti and made extraordinary ex ruo'-is r» bring up votes—but all woukl not do—the military fever has su! aid-- d. This ward gave near 600 majo 7 for the Ja,cl$sgn ticket at the last election. .,

One thousand garments have feen received at New-\ork from NorT wich, Conn, a donation from the ladies of that place, to be forwarded to the suffering Greeks.—Boston Pat.

Upwards of two thousand dollar* we understand have been subscribed to theladie$' GreeK fund in this city.

Southern Expedition —The Con mittee of Congress, on the memori- 4 als from various sections of the U.^ States for aid from the Government in fitting out vessels for a» exploring expedition to the Pacific and South Seas, have reported a bill for the purpose. -.

There isa sor of Mungo Park wait- 1 1 a A a as tne Eden, by which he expects to receive some scientific instruments from Europe- This modern Tele-

machus is a midshipman belonging1/ to the Sybille, and is on the point of setting out in quest of certain intflligence respecting his father's death He has already gone a journey of a. bout 90 miles into the interior in or-W der to feel his way and he appears to like his f-irther plan very much, having assurances of.'300 miles safe.con-. voy. He goes h. b.ted like a native clothed in black, with cloth about his loins oi his skin every d»y and' wears neither shoes, nor stockings.— Lit. Gaz. -v -, -r

Near" New Orleans, on the 8th March, a skiff was upset, in which seventeen nesrroes, five of wnom were drowned—they belonged tg^ Gen. Wade Ha mpton.

Electors of Indiana.

Of President & Vice President U. S. Jigreed upon by the Conventions met at Indianapolis, Jan. .. 1828..

FOR J. Q. ADAMS.

JOSEPH ORR, of Putnam county, JOHN WATTS, of Dearborn, JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW of Clarke, ISAAC MONTGOMERY of Gibson.

FOR Gen. JACKSON.

BENJAMIN V. BECKES,OJ' Knox CO.^ JESSE DURHAM, of Jackson, Ross S I E of Union,

A IF O O N, of Warrick, WILLIAM Lo iv u, of Monroe,

Jliigust Election

For Governor, JAMES B. RAY.

•, For Congress, t-i VTHOMASH. BLAKE. 'V RATLIFF BOON. Fox thp Counties of Sullivan, Vigo, and Clay.

Y%For

the Senate,

For Associate Judge, THOMAS CLARKE.

S5 Reward

"IN GOOD TRADE.

said

Strayed from the subscriber, living |gp in Terra-Haute a

HOMY IIORSE,

13 hand^ high, both hind feet white, a star or blaze, in the forehead, shod all roi\nd with steel toed shoes, and is very old—Any person taking up.,

^tray and returning him to u»s shall receive the above regard and all reasonable charges. ..

RICHARD J.

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rJES.