Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 11, Number 11, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 March 1820 — Page 2

crs ottnc world, which shall leave

no shelter to those who ilmcrvc to be I considered and treated as the common enemies of mankind. W icthcr a permission, under any nio ficad m.to certain specied ships ur in ccrtiin latitudes, to search and seue lave ships, under our flag, such as f ireat Britain,' and other Luropcan po vers, have mutually given to each other, can be properly granted by oir g averment, we cheerfully leave tot'u wisdom and justice of Congress to determine Your memorialists will only cxp.es their ho pa and belief tint your deliberations upon this interesting subject will enable you to discern a way, without any comprom-k-ncnt of our national honor-) by which our country may be place' rmong the foremost and most cfli cieni asset tcrs of the rights of human ity. But your memorialists humbU cmiider, that the colonization of Af rica offers the most powerful and in ch sponsible auxiliary to the mean already a lopted, for the extermination of a trade, which is now existing, in every country, that just indignation, which has been long since felt and expressed in t tils. No nation has it so much in its nowr t Cirr.ish proper settlers for such an v cls rnents as this ; no nation has so deep an int-ixst in thus deposing of t:uar. By the 1 iw passed at the lat -evuvi nnd before referred t a, the cannes wa rn iv be taken frvn the slave s'liu;, .are to be taken to Africa, nnd delivr;.1 1 to the custody of agents appoint ed v tae President. There will then he a settlement of captured negroes up on the coast, in eo aetpisnco of the incas.ir.'s alreuly -v.npted. And it is eviilentl " !tvt important, if not nccessar i s'i'.'li a tettlemeiit, that th civilized neo.de of cn!nnv, of this eouatrv. whose a v l t-t-v, t titerprize, ;;nu kaowic(lt!e o: ji-r'aouU.uv, and the arts, would render tiiom imv usjunl assistants, should be eoaee'A-i with yicli an establishment. Wluai, th ref ire, the object of the Colra'?. u S ) aety is viewed, in connec tiou that entire suppression of the M .-u trade, whudi your nvunorialists t: .t it i- reNolved shall be effected, its imaort mt e becomes obvious nnd ext- ue. I ae o .v iicuu convpiences res utuig Mtn .ju ress m sur.a a me a .va.-e, it i- n .p ate to calcul tte. T tae lera! auve of hmuaaity, it will af fowl t!ie ;ost rich and inblc contribu tio.i, aa.i r h(Miation tji t ivt; irds that cause, v at employs its power in its be half, rt Ci'n j.t fail to procure a propot tion ue n it is nv sum a coarse that a n mm insures to itself the prote;: tniiau t uor oi me goxernor ot tlie won-.. -vvir are liiere u amine; views ami Cvcasulerations, arisiir from our in - CiV.ar political institutio,s, which would jiK ify the wire expect-t'.on of the most .v;'ial hl'-ssms to enrselves from tie a- oinp'.is'ionem ot sue nch an object. It enees sli.-ifi he the oo t t hesi.' ei-a.s -tiu gnidud, and alumst imperceptible, remov.il ofantti.Mi.il evil, winch all unite i: 1 MiK'nting, and for wirh, v. ith the rn iSv intense, but hitherto hopeless anxtet , the patriots ami statesmen of out oountrv h e I. the, red to discover a rt medv, vh- can doubt, that, of all the bh-.n.T v.e n.iy be ermitted to bcqu .'.h to our unseen I uts, this will recov.. t!v richest ti tbate of their thanks and vcucvation Your meai.ri:vlists eannut b'dievc that such evil, universdly acknowledged and deprev tted, has been irremoea'nlv f;yed upon us. Some wav will always be opened by Providence, b " whirh a j.epi", desitvus ul' acting justly and ber.ei eleatly, mav be h d to the attainmeni ot tnerlt 'i . mis object. And thev b 1 e. that n' all the pi an, tint the most sa ;ci Mi and discerniuv; of ou n itrio'.s hav e s.te-teti, f eiT.'Cthn;- wh at they iiae rre .tlv iKsitvd, tae etdo-n'.-. i ; n nl V.-K i, ia the manner projmc 1, pre1 " is t. fihvst. prospects of i.v-v .-s. Hut if it b" admitted to be es tloahtfal. v(j, thert':;s h ippy i suit sh:dl he tne reward ' f o n exertions, vet, if tri ---a and ccrtiin benefits i una -ttely attend nth . r-, '-td' 'ri ater. them, v mav ntt fellow them ? t t a work evl 'rrr.b procvesslve. who s' .11 ashn h nits to the t;ood th it 7eai ana p. .v uiw vh til be pev,nuted to :e unlisa our mem .rtahsfs oec v ,- to st Uv-, t!i it, n r-ne; e)c r.e. c"v . .rr ej' tun as in jr"s"cuting tlu c. ' '"Ls and uakhi pi para: n-ns, the iu e a iViiit to sen 1 oal t colonv, and etm:a tc thcpirclias alrea.lv st.pul'ti' l f r. n:th. the native khi-;s .e ' chich J r . ici-dim, ot a suitable terr tory tor tie :r estahih unit. V v runiber the a'v v uv c v:)lv d i. tr export ar.d provi ie t u is but a sm si1 p- op rt'.ou .t the y- ie et color tY-ir dears' to ro. vl 11 1.0 e ex u-essei Aiivl without al-ivrer j incre of then fieuls ' : and u.-ua- -rM a th 01 e r, Secxpoctia' f- o-u tiie olatU:1 y c ontr-l'-jtiti;, , c: iudividu 0, tl;e:r progress -u -st he slow anil uuc "taur. Tliev w alwavs r.atterevi the i;sc'. es with th h ),.e, t!i t when it w is s. en tliey ha ! - u . nouut tl the ddhruTics of pn-a-r:ut't, arid she vn t!t it ne.- ius applievl U th ecati.:i of their th vo, would le ic! d- a tlv :uid cvi.l.uitlv to it a-.-cmP'V'sh.-nunt.tiiev would he en ibied to i.bt.n: J- r it t' ti at'.ori d e aii u n mce :ui l ti sil a .a e. Ta tui ; no vl thev liave ar-s'-a tf dV. r. : ; . uA ihov thevefoiv iv :ue.' th .t t uis int-ua sieac f. :e t 1.1 v ixc ;a ;. co t-dei -.ttion tt otr !i 1.tc'.o IP-, an a t'n tt te r.i M'.'w lh, v CM '!t arifu n. i he aad.ori-i iu s ic't :s mav ii" tt vou aiuu t bati u, to lid, to .hi-, h' sa : rvcuniara rind t aal, t s it v be a . . .. .. thought to re- - m. a .i dlsts farther r ae t, la i..v --.j-viiUevs to

rUolohlrttio.a Socactv may be incorno

rtted, act of Lont;rcss, t0 c" hcrn to a" with morc efficiency, in carrvnn? on the treat ana mmoruuu on- : o . . ... l.icts of the boctctv, and to enable then wit ti more economy, -to manage tne oe nevolent contributions entrusted to then ire. J;)HN MASON, Y. JONivS, K. B. CALDWT Committee. l S. KKY, Washington, Feb. 1, 1820. NEW-YORK, Feb. 7. The African Expedition) consist-! ing of tht U. S. shin Cautte and the ,v .... , , , . I ship Elizabeth) sailed from this port yesterday afternoon, l he F.lizabeth chartered by government, proceeds to the western coast of Africa, for tne purpose of carrying into effect the Act of 18 19, agreeably to the views of the President, as expressed in his late message on that subject ; he carries out tne U. S agents and artisans, mechanics and laborers, for the purpose of negociating with the locnl authorities of the country, lot fitrmiuion to land and provide for recaptured or liberated African ; and to build houses and cultivate the land for their use About 50 adultt, pco pic of color, go out as mechanics and and laborers, provided with utcnsials tools, implements, and stores Those whose services arc valuable, oi. account ol their trades, and who could not be prevailed on otherwise to co, are permitred to take thei' families with them. This Expcdi tion we arc informed, has no direct or necessary connection with C olonization. The Colonization Societv, it is understood, will soon send a vessel out from the south with col onists. I he U. States takes no part in the affair of Colonization. Hut ifi its operations for liberated Africans arc carried on in the same plac where the Colonization Socict) con ducts its colon, a mutual help wd?' necessarily be felt by each others c f forts. These two communities oue;bnot to be connected in the pub'.ic mind, as thev are not in fact ; ve they mar be viewed as two individual carrving on. each its benevolent nuf--p or.n, upon the same thcitrc of ac tion. From the inotura) Geo. Chronkh Feb. 1. EXECUTION On Friday last two negro men, nam. cd Efihraim and Saw. were executed in conformity to their sentence, for the murder of t!i-ir master Mr Thomas Hancock, of E hrcfield Dis trict. South Carolina Sam was burnt I and Enhraim luine, and his head se. - vcred from his hodv and pubMrlv cx-

posed 1 hecircumanrcs attending has almost brought to pertcction a the crime for which these miserable vincyavf.a'ul vegetable pjarden, which beings have sutTried. were of a na wou'd y.ehl him a comfortable suiture so aggravated, as im peri mi si v iort, were it not fo" the deceptions demanded tlum terrible punishment .iiactised on him by the. circulation which lias been infl'ctcd upon them ol spur.ous banknotes. The burning of malefactors is a nun- Now,inordcr to put a stop to furUhmcnt only restored to. when abso- ther cvi', h.c proposes to the states and lute necessity demands a dirnal ex- 'ei ritoncs, to make laws, punishing amnle. Tt must be a horrid and anpa!- capitally, the President and Director? ling siqrht to see a human bein'x con- of such banks as will not redeem their signed to the flimes Lrt rv n Fancy notes in silver ; and be the said ''ol. picture the scene the pile the t ictendorfer, will hold himself in

stake the victim and the mind sickens, and sinks under the oppression of its own feelings--what then must be the dread reality! --From some of the spectators we learn, that it was a scene which transfixed in breathless horror almost every one who witnessed it. As the flames approached him, the piercing shrieks of the unfortunate victim struck upon the heart with a fearful vibration but when the devouring element seized upon his bodv, all was hushed--yet the cry of agony still thrilled in the ear, and an involuntary and sympathetic shudder ran through the crowd. We hope that this awful dispensation of justice may be attended wth such satuary effects as to forever preclude the necessity of its repetition. ALBANY JAN. 20. The News--Mr. Noah, editor of the New York National Advocate, has addressed a memorial to the legislature, praying that the state would authorize the sale of Grand Island in the Niagara river to him, for the purpose of building a city thereon, and inviting a... of Jewish emigrants to that ... The memorial cannot fail to excite interest, because it embraces an object which appears to us very feasible; and if Mr. Noah does not deceive himself as to the disposition of the Jews to emigrate to this country, his project may be considered as a very splendid one. Indeed we have often wondered why the Jews do not emigrate more frequently to the U. States; why they should suffer from the intolerance of other governments, when an asylum so desirable can be found in this country It must arise from their total unacquaintance with our laws and institutions, and this memorial will no doubt lead to some enqui- 1 i en v to v - rrv fras'ble and A" Xorh tiers vx ! c- l. hintse'f " to ti e dsprsdi-n of toe Jc-s emigrate to thi-i conntrv, Ms p'ci-. ' mav be considered n rv 'p'ee-i 1 j one. Indeed we have ofen wondered j whv thc Jews do not rmte-ratc nior" frequently to the U. States; whv j thev should stilTtr f nm the intoler .r.t . . . . ancr 01 uncr i:ovcrnmcnr, wnen an asvhnn so desirable can be found in this count rv. It must arise from ; their tol untcquaintance with our laus aul iosp'tpaoi.s. tfd his memo. 1 rial will no doubt lead to some ennui-

'ry. There is no small discernment evinced in this location. Grand Island is bounded on the north by Lake Ontario; on the south by Lake Erie ; on the west by Upper Canada; and on the east by the state of New York, and lies near the centre in Niagara River; the current, however, is somewhat rapid. It may contain 20,000 acres. From the vicinity of those great bodies of water, the air in winter derives a degree of warmth; and the same cause also tempers and refreshes the heat of summer. Mel-

ons peaches nectarines, and othei delicate fruits, grow in the neighborhood ; and its position is excellent for a city. We know not. whether the state would sell that island. It is of no use, and is the asylum of gypsies and wanderers, who are destroying the timber. If, however, they should deem it expedient to sell, it then will be no objection to sell it to Mr. Noah for the object which he contemplates; because, in the possession of any other individual, and for other purposes the state cannot realize those benefits which a settlement of Jews would produce. The property of foreign Jews principally consists of money and merchandize, which can be easily removed to any country ; and if a few of their great bankers would emigrate to this and circulate a few millions, they would secure a good profit, and give a spur to internal commerce Besides, after all said or wrote on this subject this is the the most preferab!e country for the Jews. Here they can have their Jerusalem, without fearing the legions of Titus ; here they can erect their temple, without dreading of enraged soldiers ; here they can lay their heads on their pillow, at night, without fear of mobs, of bigotry and persecution; here they can become citizens; attached to the soil; defending the laws, and interested in the protection of liberty; and who knows out Divine Providence, who has to this day protected the children of Israel as a nation, may finally lead them to this country; may the words of the prophets--"I will be the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lilly, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon." Advertisement from a St. Louis Paper. Colonel Eugene Lieutendorfe,. formerly of the part of the army of the United States which crossed the desert, and assisted in the capture of Derne from the Bay of Tripli, now an inhabitant of Carondelet (near St. Louis, where he is married, and where by labor the most Herculean he has almost brought to perfection a vineyard and vegetable garden, which would yield him a comfortable support, were it not for the deceptions practiced on him by the circulation of spurious bank notes. Now, in order to put a stop to further evil, he proposes to the states and territories, to make laws, punishing capitally, the President and Directors of such banks as will not redeem their notes in silver; and he the said Col. Lietendorfer, will hold himself in rediness to march at a moment's warning, to put the hempen cord about the necks of the Rag barons, gratis. N.B. He has a quantity of Nashville paper which he will exchange at a discount of 50 per cent for pumpkins. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 14, 1820. A Murder was committed on Fri- day evening last upon the body of a Mr. Potter by one William Davis They were both coopers, and worked in the same shop, and each had placed their affection upon a female in the neighborhood. A coroner's in- quest was held on Saturday who brought in a verdict of wilful murder with malice aforethought, occasioned by the stab of a knife on the left side of his neck, of which he died in about an hour. The unhappy criminal is now confined in the jail of this county, to await his fate at the ensuing April court.--Herald. EVIL TIMES. It is stated, that in addition to the defalcation of the state treasurer of Virginia, to the amount of $101,000; tne register is about to be sued for $10,000 for mal-feasance in office.--that a clerk in the U. S. Branch Bank, at Richmond, has contrived to obtain a large sum out of the regular way, the amount not ascertaided to public satisfaction-- another in the Farmers' and Mechanics Bank at the same place, has disappeared with $12, 000 and another at Lynchburgh, with $3,800--That the treasurer of Ohio has some how, lost at least $5,000 out of the treasury, and has been taken undear dealing by the legislature. The Portland Gazette magnanim-

otjsly enccurage the members ofthe fbrmaticncTalate gcvcrr.rrf r.

Conrrrcsa from Maine to stand firm a gainst the project for the extension of Slavery in the admission of Missouri into the Union, as a State, even though it should hazard the anticipated establishment of Maine itself : the continued connection with old Misspxhusetts years longer being in fact .o very great inconvenirnce, ar;d a s?.crifice if indeed it were a sacrificefully due to the cause of liberty nfl humanity. Salem (iaz. .V SEXJTE. jMondati Feb, 7. J Numerous petitions were presrntrd and referred this morning; a-, mongst them several from merchants oi Savannah, praying a remission ot

cenain ciuncs on mcrcnnu;ze -j jshment of crimes, whereof the party :t ported, in consideration of the Jatej.,, ,mvc bccn du, ccnviclcd . prc'.- ( destructive five in that city, by which vi(ccj) That ths ahaH notbecon. J

. i. t f: z. .1 r.e ery goous arc ucmiujcu ! winch the clu.it accrued, vhich they j oiay u. uc iiiumtu ; aisu u - nr.i irom tne L.eisiaturc oi inuiana, praying an extension of the time alc i lor the navmcnt of nubiic lands ... r ir in that state. he President Isid before the sen-. Jtc, the annua! report of the commisMoncrs ot the finking fund,( communicatedto the other house on Sat-1 mi?y,) which was laid on the table.j Mr. Trimble laid before the Senate j (enain rcsoiuhonsottne i.egisutui t . ..

of Ohio, desiring the appointment oil for thc runj8,ment 0f crimcs. commissioners to -view andmxrkal Mr. Kelson of Va. moved that thc road, as the continuation of the Na-1 rcsolutUn be committed to the comtionnl road from Wheeling, to the . lnUtcc of lhc whole House, which

eaT oi government ot unio, incnce!vas I)ow

to thc seat of government of Indian, thence to that of Illinois, and thence to St. harles in Missouri. Mr. Walker of Ci?o. submitted the following resolution Iietlved That thc President of he U. I. States be requektcd to to he laid before the Senate acuse nv information he may possess. ( and f which thc public interest docs not, in his opinion, require concealment,) dative to the lat treatv between the United states and Spain ; w hethcr the same has yet been ratified on the part of Spain ; and, panic 'arly Unit he be requested to state v ahcr uny information has been recci cd from tin- court of Madrid since 4" ? date of his message to congress at the commencement oi the present scssion ; whether he still expects viinistcrirom Spam: and at xvh:j period mav his arrival be probably expected,

I he engrossed bills to continue in ries to prohibit slavery, without inrcetheactof 1818, regulatiiur the volvinc the ouestion whether thc

collection of duties and imports on tonn.:ge : to remit thc duties on a

!tatntc ot ' .en. Washington, c:.cu- gentlemen, on both sides, that Cor.ted in Kui epc for the state of North gress had the power, to prohibit the t Carolina; end the bill for the relief extension of slavery in the territories ;

of Jenmngj O'llannon, were severaly read ti e third time and passed, and scnt to thc other house for concurencc. ThuScnatc then took up thc Maine and Missouri bill; when Mr. Thomas, for the purpose of modifying, or introducing it in ani"vi oitui., 1. iiMiii i. n nit: ;mtii-iiii mcnt which he offered on Thursday last : and then, on mntlmi ra'Mr Smith, the bill was postponed ICtow t . mot tow. Thc Senate adjourned. U'rdr.dayFrbuary 9. MAINE AND MISSOURI KILL. The Senate proceeded to the con sidtfration of t! is bid ; when. Mr. KirpsofN Y. wishini- to of -

h i to the Senate his opinions on thc ! ,mULe should be cccided. GentleMissouri subiect moved to nctnnnp ! nien wt rc ltcnnir.ed to dUcuss it,

sac bill until to-morrow ; but a mo. tii.n to postpone! it to Friday prevail - cd, and it was postponed to that day tXcoruingiy The Senate took up the bill rrn king cornpensatiorr for horses and oth cr prop, rty lost, captured- or destroy ed in the Seminole war tdrli i ' r

mended, on thc motion of Mr. Eaton. ' 'mc;c lhe whole, the considera'h n so as to extend its provisions toran- of this bill, and the restrictive an endgers'aswcll as vrdunteci s, and then n,tlU ProPoscd thereto. Mr. Serl the bill was postponed to Tuesday Rcant, of Fa. commenced a speech in v next. favor cf the restriction, and spoke r"

Alter making progress in one or n other hilU. nf n nrivMM two other bills, of a private nature, 1 he benate adjourned. Thursday Feb. 10. The President communicated a resolution of Legislature of Mississippi, in relation to conflicting British land claims; also the memorial of the same legislature, praying further time to make payment for land purchased of the United States ; which were read and referred. 1 he Senate adjurned. Friday, Feb. 1 I. MISSOURI QUESTION 1 hs Senate resumed thr consideration of the Maine bill, anil the amend ment reported thereto by thc judiciary cemmmee auuin ptovisier.s to;

in Missouri. 1 . f

Mr. King of N. Y. agreeably to thl intimation vhich he gavo Vcdnsda j rose and addressed the Senate sIkiC two hours in support of the liglt f and cxprdierxv of restrictir.e the cortempiated state of Missouri fion l permitting slavery therein; and ther, on motion of Mr. Smith, the subject was poitponed to Mcnday ; to w ich day The Senate adjourned. J I V u'n e da r, E"eb,9. Mr. Toct ofTcred the following rcoutions for considciation : Resolved, bv tlw Senate and House , J of Representatives of the United j semblcd, That there shall be neither' J slavery nor involuntary servitude in l.. any ct the territories of the Unitect , States, otherwise than for the punstructed to alterthe condition or civil Hghts cf any pclscnnow hM to scrv. cc abcr n sa d territories. Resolved, That it be, ar.d is here

by recommended to the inhabitants ;j of the several territories of th.c Uui- . j

ted States, that for the purpose ofef- f fcf u,allv prcvcjltjrg XM iher ex- 4 lcnlion cf sjaVcry, each territory, , uuihorizcd bv Cone-re to foxm a Coni,jU;t-Ifyn m state government, j n bv eXnrCss nroviaion in their ' i i - constitution, prohibit involuntary 5C1 ymu- or slaverv, otherwise than censiderinj- the Missouri tn . .... i om. it was emuieti to serious consideration, as it effected the im.ortant question now under discussion. He conceived this not the properv mode of bringing up the question ; it should be in the tistial fjrrn f)fan ,cti v.j,icll silolli( go through the several fnrm. whil.' rotutn. introduced, to day to be decided tomorrow, it would not afford an oppcr- , tUTlity fordiscussing its merits, Mr Foot obsened, that a refer-"' ence to a committee of the whole would defesv the object, because the t subject now before ti e committee J would of course have the precedence. These resolutions, gentlemen would nbservc, by a little attention, weie 't perfectly porper, and indeed, the only J form in which a decision could be made ; particularlv as it respectedtbc second resolution, which confined a mere recommendation to the terr:to-c Congress had the power to imposo " this restriction. It was admitted, by and, if these resolutions should be adopted, Congress would be r elievcd from thc disagreeable necessity of 4 occitbng on their constitutional powers. respecting which vreat doubt aopeaied to exist and the excitement which this ouestion hid nrodueed

would be allayed ; then nothir would Js

i-rTiiin inr ip r rnns w pmiumi rnr r ni i

cjuestion of expediency; the appeal I

state of 'issouri to restrict slat cry, t instead cf rn attempt to impose thc TV V W itt.ll I1IUU V K.KJ UIU U1U1 J J K V '

restriction by Congress. Mr. F. J in.oAcd t commit the rcsolutirns to a V committte of the whole on the state

i of the Ui-ion. 1 Mr. R'-ca hoped the rcicdutrons v ; would be iaid on thc table until the

' Rrcat fil,e?l'01 Il0W before ti e comana uecioe upon it ; j proposition would j :crf( TC v'ith that dis and decide upon it ; ar.d he hoped r.o

would be recervi d o in- 1

cushion. 3!r. R's motitin to lay tlje resolutions on the table prevailed : and they were laid on the table accordingly. MISSOURI BILL. The house then resumed, in com- ; ncary inrec noun; wnen nc pave w ay for a motion for the commitfo to rise which prevailed ; and Ths house adjourded. Thursday, Feb. 10., MISSOURI BILL. The House then again went into committee of the whole on thc Miiscuri bill, when in favor of the restriction, and Mr. Barbour, of Va. spoke atjainit it, as uctore stated. Fridav Fib. U. MISSOURI BILL. . Thc House again resolved itself in f to a committee of the whole, Bald-I u.v (ill IHJ lilH. Mr. Gross of New-York, took the

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support ci the

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