The Western Register and Terre-Haute advertiser, Volume 5, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 June 1828 — Page 2

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Another act has passed, for the relief of the purchasers of Public Lands, which directs the forfeited money to be paid back to the unfortunate purchaser ot Public Land in •all cases, as well where

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To "THE VaraNS

THE FIRS

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FELLOW-CITIZENS: The Twentieth Congress having closed its first session on the 26th of May, I set out without delay o)i my return home, -and had the pleasure of arriving among my constitnents or. the fifth instant, ie-.ng arrain amongst you after an absence of so many months, and of incessant engagement in the public service, I presume

be-a matter of some interest

to vou as it is one of imperious duty to mvself, to give some account of the mvmer in

which

have

trus^ which your

executed the

kindness-has

here-

tofore confided to me. I shall proceed cheerfully to do this, so far as the ordinary limits of a circular will permit, by laying before you a statement of the Acts passed at the ate session, which are

deemed

particular

ly interesting to you, to a.l ol which I have given my feeble support, and by submitting some other subjects ot legislation which were but partially acted upon.

An act has passed, imposing additional duties on imports, commonly called the Tariff act, whiob, although it does not adopt the system of protection to the extent I desired, will in some measure answer the expectations of our countrymen who are engaged in the patriotic employment of Domestic Manufactures, and will ^doubtless enhance the value of the staple commodities of theW est

An act has passed, for the furtner relief of the purchasers of Public Lands,—the first section revives and continues in force until the 4th da} of July 1829 the various land laws which expired on the fourth day of July last, and the second section extends the provisions of the act to fell lands on which a further credit has not been taken, and which have become forfeited since the first of July 1820 and remain unsold.

one

twentieth

part of the purchase money was deposited, as in cases where the payment of entire instalments has been, made. This repayment is to be made in the shape of certificates of script, which are to be issued by the Register of the Land Offices where the payments were made, and will be received as cash and at par in every description of land payments

A Bill was also introduced in the Senate, and there discussed, having for its object the graduation of the jn-icc of Public Lands, but it was lost in rfmt body, which was considered as deciding its fate for the session, and the subject was not therefore taken up in the House of Representatives.

A proposition was also introduced in thf Senate by Mr. Hendricks, that the General Government should make a direct cession to the new Spates respectively, of all the Public Lands which lie within their chartered limits, but this also failed, although it was supported by Mr. Hendricks with an energy and argument highly honorable to him and lue State lie represents.

An Act has passed, providing for the correction ot errors in the entry tif 1apdn, extending relief to cases where patents have been issued, as' w.-dl as in others, upon condition that the party shall relinquish his title in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury I An Act has passed, to authorize the .Stale of Indianarto sell the lands appropriated within her limits for the use of schools, to Invest the money arising from the sale thereof in some productive fund, and the pro reeds to be forever applied under tiie direction of the .Legislature to tlie use and support of schools within the several townships and districts. but this is not to be done without the consent of the inhabitants of the townships or districtsrespective\r J? *T'

A act.has passe ft, appropriating thirty thousand dollars fur examinations a surveys in the Country gencrally, as preliminary to the expenditure of the national treasure on such objects of Internal Improvement as Tria HR deemed of primary and g?n^rl importance.

An act hag passed, appropriating five hundred dollars-for defraying the incidental expenses pf the Engineers iu making an examination and sur vev of the VVjjjoasfa river alone, from tl mouth of Eel river to the mouth (j| the'Wabah. When inviting the *attention of Congress to this subject,

I also made 3n effort to obtain an ap prnpriation of money to be expended immediately at the Grand Rapids ^b-iow Vincennes, and besides appearing bclure the committee pf the

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House of Representatives, I adclresed a letter explanatory of my views to the proper committee of the senate, and which the whole delegation from Indiana and Illinois were pleased to sign with me, but there existed an insuperable unwillingness to make such an appropriation until there had been a previous survey by United States officers.

An act ha&passed, granting a quantity of land for the extension of the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake'Erie, equal tt-one half of five sections :n width on each side of the Canal so far as the same shall be located through the public land, and it further authorizes the States of Ohio and Indiana to hold a convention in relation to that part of the route of the Wabash Canal which lies within the limits of Ohio. 1 his act is trreat importance to the Wabash part of the State, as it makes further pro visions towards the prosecution and accomplishment ot the great object of the Wabash Canal, provisions that were indispensably necessary, and it brings together the State ol Indiana and the populous & wealthy State of Ohio-and has a tendency to unite theui in this splendid undertaking.

act

has passed, appropriating

one hundred and siventy-five thousand dollars for the completion of the Cumberland road to Zancsville, and which is to be continued till ough the states of Indiana and Illinois to the seat of Government of Missouii.

A Bill passed the Senate, introduced into that body by Mr. Noble, appropriating fifty thousand dollars for opening the Cumberland road through Indiana alone, but it came to the House of Representatives-at such an advanced stage of the session, when so much other business had precedence, that it could not be reached My colleague Mr Smith and myself, made repeated efforts to have it ta ken up out of the order in which it stood on the docket of business, hut as it required the consent of two thirds of the members to effect this, and as there was a general struggle among the delegations from the different States (as it often happens at the close of a session) each trying to get the balance of itslocal business first attended to,—it was found totally im practicable to disturb the established order of business or suspend the established rule of the House. ,',An act has passed appropriating one million of dollars payable in five years in the investment of stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com pany. This canal will extend from Pittsburgh to Washington, will unite the waters of the Ohio river with those ot the Potomac, is deemed one of infinite importance to the nation at large, and its advantages will be more especially felt in the W estern Country.

An act has passed granting to the officers and soldiers of the Revolution full pay for the balance of their lives, without any discrimination as to property,—thereby discharging a sacred obligation to those gallant spirits who suffered for us in the most trying times, and secured for us the liberty we enjoy. The old soldier may now repose in comfort through the remnant of his days, and when he is about to depart this world to be again united to his early companions in arms, amongst his last aspirations will be-a blessing upon his country ami his countrymen

These acts, fellow-citizens, have all been approved by the President and become laws, and I need not re mark that they embrace measures as piominent and interesting as any which could have been presented to the councils ot tlve Nation. In addition to these, Oue Hundred and Fifty other laws have passed, of a mixed character, general, local and individual,—but thev are not of sufficient interest even if the space of a circular permitted it, to require that they should be specially laid before you.

It is now in proper place for me to ay to you, that, I am again a candidate for Congress,—and if the abovemeasures which 1 have been in some degree instrumental in getting adopted, should meet your approbation,.! trust 1 shall be again honored with your suffrages. But it is said, that one of my speeches on retrenchment I made use of a -highly improper remark, declaring (as some i'.ave it) that 1 would sink or swim with the present administration right or wrong,—and that I gave a vote for pensioning the widows of the six militia men who were shot at Mobile These things I never did, and although it would justify some violence of passion that I should be so charg ed, my only feelings are those of deep regret, that any portion of my fellow-citizens should have given credit to such ungenerous and unwarranted accusations. In my speech on retrenchment, and as reported in all the newspapers which gave a full report of it, said that "I was wilting to sink or swim with tliz cause of the present administration,"—thereby as the words themselves meaning

plainly convey, that I was determined to support the administration to tho last extremity in the cruise thev had espoused, a cause characterized by the support of Internal Improvements. the encouragement- of Domestic Manufactures, and an extensive relief to tUt purchaser of Public Lands. This was the cause I pledged myself to

support,

one as much the cause ol

the People as of the present Administration, and if General Jackson should be elected the President of the United States, I would cheerfully and zealously support Ins adminis tration in the same, cawe. 1 am for measures in preference to men, and however much I may be devoted to Henry Clay, or to any other member of this Administration, the very moment fbey should abandon the present policy of the Government, which I consider necessary to the prosperity of my constituents, required by the interest of the Union, and equally necessary to the glory of the Nation that very moment I would abandon them In the language lately used in Congress by a distinguished Virginian, care not so much who governs my Country as that my Country should prosper."

In relation to the charge of naving voted for pensions to the widows ol the six militia men, by referring to the Journal of the House of Representatives (see National Intelligencer of March 5th, a*d National Journal of March 5th.) you will find that 1 did not give such a vote. Mr Whipple of New Hampshire offered a resolution which proposed pensions to the widows ot those militia men, and the question was taken on the consideration of the resolution and not on the resolution itselj, and I was among those who voted lor the consideration. There were fifty ot us who voted in the same

way,

and of

the number were Daniel of Kentucky, Hamilton ot South Carolina, Isaacs ot Tennessee, Livingston of Louisiana, Polk of 'lennessee and John Randolph of Virginia,—persons conspicuous lor their zealous friendship and support of Gen. Jackson. I voted for the consideration, because previous to that time Mr. Slo&ne of Ohio had started an enquiry into all the facts in relation to the execution ot the six militia men, and the Committee to whom the subject had been referred had reported, and their report was then lyiog on the table, and I wanted the resolution to go along, with the report that they might be both taken up and acted on simultaneously Because moreover, I conceived it due to General Jackson more especially as he was a candidate for the first office in the Nation, and due to the people of the United Mates, that the subject and every thing connected with it should be ta ken up and fully and conclusively act ed upon. And, if finally, it should be decided by the

House

of Representa

tives that the six militia men had been illegally put to death, it "would then be a fair subject of enquiry whether their idows & children should or should not be provided for,—but if it should be decided that those men had justly suffered, nsa matter of course Mr Whipple's resolution and every thing connected with this charge against General Jackson would fall to theground. I have given this explanation in candour, anil -I trust it will be satisfactory to you. In a day or two I shall commence visiting the District generally, when -I will freely answer any enquiries you may be pleased to make, and although 1 have been much misrepresented, as the facts now demonstrate,—still I invoke not your feelings of resentment towards those who have injured me, nor do I ask your pity,—but as a public servant conscious of having acted honestly. as an old resident of Indiana who lived on her soil when she was yet a Territory, as one of the People having the same rights and privileges of the rest of you, I call upon you to do me justice

THOMAS II. BLAKE.

Tcrrc'llautc, June 12th, 1828.

State Convention.—There is HI the County Meetings, held for the purpose of choosing delegates to this convention, and of which the various papers from the interior of the State, daily furnish the proceedings, such evidence of zeal, and earnestness of purpose—such respectability of character, ant! such a warmth of feeling, as to justify fully every hope, that a friend of the good cause can form The clamor of the day has past—the hurras and t\\t hickory trees arc los ing their charm, and kmenU'&VP found their reason." It is no longer deemed an all-sufficient answer to the ob jections arising from Ignorance, a rash and bloody course of life, a ve hementand irrepressible temper, and a systematic contempt, evinced alike in public and in private, of all law and subordination—that Gen. Jack I son is a hero, and that he gained the victory of New-Orleans. When ii is a question of lighting, doubtles^ General Jackson'* name would a' once suggest^ itself but when as in

the Presidential office, it i? a qucsrjon of maturelv weighing thoroughly comprehending, and ably en or-cin-r the laws, constitution and policy of great country like this, the name of Andrew Jackson is as little likely to occur to any plain ,and reasonable man, as that of the IresUr John• or any other great unknown

In aid of, or rather taking fhe impulse from, this state of leelm^, in the -various county meetings above alluded to, and in the body which as a

State

Convention will meet at Al

bany on the 10th proximo, will be found a weight of character, property, talent and influence, that will deserve and command success

J\' Jlmerkan.

Detah.tmem' O-l' W AR., May 23, 1828" OUDKKS:

Brevet Major General Alexander Macomb having been appointed, by and with the advice and consent ol the Senate, the Major General of the Army, and having accepted that appointment, he is directed to assume the command ot the Army, and take the station which was occupied by Major General Brown at the time of his decease, at

the

seat Government

and all officers and soldiers of the Army are specially commanded to obey and respect him accordingly.

By command ot the President of the United States: SAM. L. SOUTHARD, feting Secretary of ffar.

A ENGINF.EU DEPARTMENT, Washington, J)Jay 28, 1828. 4 -^4 "VT ENGINEER ORDERS—No. 5.

Major General Macomb, in leaving the office of Chief Engineer, which he has filled for the last seven years, to take command ot the Army, feel it but an act ot justice to the officers attached to the Engineer Department, to express the great satisfaction he has experienced from their zealous and efficient co-operation in every branch ot the service connected with his duties.

To the officers of the corps of Engineers, he makes his fullest acknowledgments for the judicious and faithful manner in -which they have directed the construction of the fortifications and ttther works confided to their superintendance, and for their unceasing efforts to sustain, in whatever situation they have been pla ced, the honor and reputation of the Corps.

To the officers of the Topographical Engineers, and those detailed from the line ol the Army, to assist in the surveys and rcconnoisai.xes relating to Internal Improvements, and to the gentlemen who have act ed as civil Engineers, Major General Macomb in like manner tenders his acknowledgments.

To the Commissioners and Superintendents for laying out and con structing roads, the Chief Engineer has every reason for making a public acknowledgment of their faithful and valuable sei viccs.

To tlve superintendent and officers composing the Staff of the Military Academy, be takes great pleasure iu expressing his sense of their enlightened and successful exertions to elevate and maintain the character of that valuable Institution.

And to the members of the Board of Engineers, lor Fortifications and Internal Improvement, too much praise cannot be given for the industry and intelligence with which they ha"ve discharged the important and arduous duties committed to them.

In closing this order, the Chiei Engineer cannot refrain Irotn stating, with proud satisfaction, the tact, that during the period for which he has presided over the -Department, no loss has been occasioned to the public by any defalcation or neglect on the part of its officers a circumstance highly creditable to the Department and to the individual integrity of its disbursing officers especially when it is considered that the amount of six millions of dollars has been disbursed in small sums, and for items of a nature that requires the greatest care and attention to satisfy the strictness ot the accounting officers, and to comply with the established regulations....ot the Department.

The Msyor General will never cease to. take great interest in the success and prosperity of the Engineer Department and will, so far as it may be in hi» power, lend his aid to promote its uselulness. and, if possible, to increase its consideration in the public estimation. -m

ALEX. MACOMB.

Maj. General, Chief Engineer of the U. 8ldtcs.

HEAU QUARTERS OF THE S. ashingtoiif May 28, 1828, ORDER—No 24.

Major General Alexander Macomb by virtue of his appointment and the orders of the President of the United States, assumes the command of the Army.

Aware of the high responsibility

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which r.

imposed upon i,irrVt

tiflic'ilties attendant the M-ajor General enter* 'l"f' ties of his cfK?.e with difii leno^'

:eeis

that it will scarce!v li

to fulfil the object of'hi9\?

ment unless hv he seconded •enlightened y.eal and inMliJ which have hitherto clnrlnf

RN -cuardcterizQ the officers nf every grade in fh. •n the Ar

my ol the United Slater. H„

lore indulges' the Hope that

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find, i" he general wd'ifc,**

nor officers in command troops, as well as in those comnoj the General Staff, a cordial co-on.* ation in maintaining that order Ir cipline and economy throughout sf-rvice, without which the Mii ."9 Establishment can be neither I nor creilituble to the Republic.

First hieutenant Samuel Cooper of the 4th Regiment of Artillery first Lieutenant VV. vce, oft1,'1 Ut Regiment of Infantry,are |,erpJ appointed Aids-de-Camp t() General. They will proceed to li^ Quarters and report themselves ir cordingly.

ALRX MACOMB.

Maj. h'cusrul Coninwid:^'

Tlve arrival of the JSapoleon packit ship from Liverpool, IIMUM,,*^^ to the 25:h ult. leaves the Ttnporfant question of peace and war between Russia and Turkey, where it was— that is, in oar judgment, certain,but not yet commenced. The London Courier in-treating of such a war ss definitively resolved upon bv Ru^ expresses the strongest confidence that it will be confined to Russia alone. sL*

The king of England held a draw, ing-room on his birth dav, (23rd (if April) at which were present,with the rest of the corps dipbnintiqut, Mr. Lawrence, the charge d'affaires of the United States, and bis ladr.

The corn bill as proposed by ministers will probably pass. It can be however, pf little consequence to us, owing to the high rate of duties imposed on'foreign grain.

The bill repealing the Corporation and Test Acts hail been ordered!o a third reading in the House of Lords., _* ''s

Markets, it will be seen, are improving for our produce. "™1 iV. T. American.

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that can lie brought

LONDON, April 23,

There was a report in the city this morning, that a separate treaty had been signed by Russia and France. There if not the slighlat foundation for it. The conduct bo-h of Russia and France has been too honorable, (rank, and unreserved io allow an instant's credit to he given to the rumour. Equally and entirely are we convinced tha^t there never has been a question between any i-, the Allies ot negotiating anj separate treaty between themselves, to the exclusion of the third p2u) the treaty of July.: .. •Prince Li even and Prince nac transacted business yestei ay. both with the Duke ot Uellinvod and the Earl of Dudley.

LesnoN.

We understand that theiei»r^ the least foundation lor the rcp^circulated yesterday, that the peror of Russia had sent or' a. suspend the crossing oi the ruw,^ account of menacing remon^' from the Courts of Lonuon am ria. No such menaces hav. sent, nor have they cyer templated by citlier Co int. sincere wish and sole follow the course whic.i culafed

.preserve the peace ol

rope. We

are

quite sure

a.w that

naces" would not he P501'.^^!^ that erect. We 4. the Russian Army v..» Pruth, but we still hopeto? tan, seeing the dangei .'j

avC

lion—convinced that lie

fight •single-handed-.™" the mighty and ovj'

ae' coon

will listen to more mod sels, and avert by

must

imminent perils to wh.ta I, otherwise be exp»s«d. rir,nen'* The whole tenor of Jheon(,uct,l of Russia's language a wlU fords a sufficient PleV° liat

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not reluse an idler with'!1? the part ol lurkey*

sincere desire to a jU'

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coU!1

ferences between the and re-establish I' j0

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nor do we believe

uld

,itio„a,

act harsh or severe co

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isfied that feliev «h« S»*tan to with gooti laiin

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,»1 years ago, th* c»"c'1 America endeavored W ireaty ol commejct.

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