Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 4 January 1823 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ABYEETISEE,

BY ELIUU STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1853. Vol. 13. No. 49.

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( Concluded from the Li.st uigc J I left him and accompanied by . Jiis servant arrived at the skirt of the wood, whence 1 easily found

my way back to the mansion of my uncle. Most certainly there arc men guilty of the greatest crimes, who are proudly condemned by the multitude, but who. were we acquainted with their history would nt only be found deserving of in diligence but perhaps of esteem. Sheriff's Hales. "D"5Y virtue of a writ ot Venditione ExJ 2 ponas to me directed from the clerks office of the Knox Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale on Wednesday the 8th day ot January next at the court hUie in Vinccnnes, the following tracts of land to wif, 400 acres of land No. 195, 400 acres of land No. 231, 400 acre3 of land No. 234 400 acres of land No. 204, and 400 acres of land No 102, lying, and being in the Donation, as the property of Willi. mi Me Iitlnsh. :it fhr suit nf Inhn

V Wise surviving pintner of John Kauslcr

deed. JOHN Dl.CkLU Shff. k.c. December 23, 1822. 48-Sl-2t virtue of two writs of Venditione Jj ) exponas to mc directed from the clerks office of the Knox Circuit Court, I w ill expose to public sale on Wednesday the 8th dav of January next, at the court ousein Vinccnnes, the fee simple of a certain tract or parc.cll ol land contain ing three hundred acres, to be taken off the smith west side of the tract of Abraham Kuykcnd i!ls whereon he now lives, including three fields on the same side of Slid tract as the property of Abraham Kukenda'l, at the suits of Todd Youcc &co. and Henrv Kelly. JOHN D KCKER Shff. k.c. One Hundred Dollars liewanlJ UNAW W from the subscriber, living in Barren county, Ky. on the main road leading from Nashville to Lexington, my neg'o slave MUSTER. He is about six feet high, stout, rough and raw boned ; stutters if interrogated or , made mad He took with him a pair of old sadd'c bags. It is supposed he has obtained free papers, and will make his wav tor f u e of the free states, most probably Onio. I will give the above rc-w-d fr the said, negro, if dcliveicd to ine iit Barren county, or fifty dollars if secured in anv jail, so 1 get him airain. ' e haydon. October 5, 1822. 39 3m 9JT" l"he K.ntor of the Inquisitor Cin cinnati, Ohio, Western Sue., Vinccnnes It d Enquitcr, Uiuokxille Ind. Intelligi liter, Vai.dalia Ills, and Edwardsvillc Spectator, arc requited to insert the above advertisement three months, and forward their accounts to me near Glasgow, Ky. for payment. E. II. fgAKENupby Andrew Starnater of Q (iibson county, White river town ship, a dark bay marc with a black mane and tail, about thirteen hands and a half high, supposed to be five years old last spring, no brands, or maiks either natural or artifiicial perccveahle Appraised to twenty five doPats before me. riu:i)K. biiuxer, j r.c. r. December 2, I 3:2. 47 3t. notice rPIII' co-partnership of Chai. Smith'. I incrnncs Strum Mill Comuinvis

this day dissolved bv mutual consent. WILSON LAOOW, Any. For ( Smirfs V. S. M. C. November 7, 182 J. . 41 -if t

On this day, His Excellency Gov. Coles. ami the Honorable Adolpiius F. IIunnARD, Lieutenant Governor, in the presence of both Houses, took the oaths of office; and Gov. Coles deliver- j

ed the folia wins SPEECH. Fellow-Vitizen of the Senate, And of the House of Representatives. On this first occasion of meeting you, it would he a just reproach to me, were 1 not to express my profound acknowledgements to the people of Illinois for the mark of their confidence in the executive trust committed to me. It will be my study, as it certainly is my duty, to justify as far as possible their favorable opinion, by a strict observance of the constitution and laws, by a watchful attention to guard against abuses whenever they may be under my control, and by making it my constant endeavor to consult and promote the best interests of the State. If these sentiments and views could secure me against the danger of errors and (deficiencies in the discharge of my trust, I feel that i should have no necessity to ask the indulgence of my constituents in pronouncing on the cuurseof my public conduct. Hut I am too conscious of the inadequacy of my abilities and experience to the high and new functions to which I am called not to throw myself on your and their candor and liberality in constructing the tenor of my administration, whose only merit must be its conscientious aim to maintain the rights of individuals, and the good ot the community. It affords me great pleasure to be able to congratulate you on the high degree, of prosperity which notwithstanding some unpleasant features, the Ijpm ol our country, both national and tocaL. continues to piesent. Let us never rrget how much of tins prosperity we owts to the blessings of a government, founded on ths unalienable and indefeasible right of man, and so framed as to be kept in regular responsibility to those over whom and for whose benefit it is to be exercised, By these great principles, in their full extent, our free institutions are distinguished from all uther systems of government now exitii.S; ami to (l,5, principles we o-e the success M l,.s so lar , ist.ngu.s ..-! our condition troin that ot any other , ., . - , , people. lor it may well be asked people. ror it may where a country can be found in which the laws are so equal, the burdens so liht, the common actions ol life so little trammelled, the conscience so free, the authorities of religion more respected, or the number and piety of its teachers more worthy of commendation; or jimally wherean American need blaslt,ata comparison of theintelligencc and viWue of those who exercise power, or those who live under it. In particlar he may surely exult in a comparison as to all the qualifications lor administering the aflairsot a nation, between those who naveoeer, auvanceu ro mem uv me suiuages oi a nee peupir, ami inose woo ave succeeded to them by hereditary L 11 ms .... ..... .i ... hilst we bestow these just praises on the political svstem under which we live, it is one of our first duties to keep in mind that its preservation can be no ouierw ise seruieu uiao u v uiuauog m the mass of the sreiety that intelligence and virtue on which such a svstem rests, l here is no rev onune!. nation, mereiore, more due from my station than that of a competent provision for the education of the rising and succeeding generations in the several brandies of Useful knowledge, and for maintaining the public morals in their requisite purity; and I trust that the subject will be thought by the Legislature to merit all the attention which I ask for it. But in the midst of tlie general uses of felicitation to which I haveallujgd. it must be admitted that the rapid fide of our prosperity has been not only impeded occasionally by hostile acts of foreign power-, but by the errors of our domestic policy, and those xiesssitudes of fortune to which communities as well as individuals are subject. The most sti iking instance has been felt in the late fluctuating and deranged state of our circulating medium, which ha been productive of much embarrassment throughout the Union, and has in an especial manner checked the prosperity ol tMs section of it. In no other section ha the mania for banking been do great;

nor the train uf evils inseparable from its excesses been so injurious, as in that in which we reside. State after State, neglecting to profit by the experience of others, has adapted the delusive meas-

ure ot attempting to relieve the community from pecuniary embarrassments, transient perhaps in duration, by resort- : ing to a course of policy, the effect of! which invariably has been to increase the evil it was intended to remove It , behoves Illinois, who has been tempted to follow the example of her neighbours, to profit by their experience, ami to res-' tore, as soon as she can, the currency of the State to the fixed and universal standard of gold ami silver, or what shall be equivalent to them, believing as she may that those are the great desiderata in a sound currency. A currency changeable in value could be no standard lor the value of other things; and of course lails in its object, in as much as it is always operating injuriously and unjustly in the discharge ot debts, by a greater or less amount, intrinsically, than was contracted for. Entertaining these views of the policy of the State, I conceive it to be my duty to express them to the Legislature, and to recommend to its serious consideration tbe propriety f an examination of the proceedings of the State Hank and its Branches, and of restoring a sound currency as soon as practicable by requiring of the Bank a strict compliance with that provision of its charter which enjoins the annual payment of one tenth of the amount of capital loaned, which, together with other sums repaid to the Bank, should be annihilated. It is to the building up of corporate bodies with fictitious capitals, and the tempting facilities with which loans have been obtained that we are chiefly to ascribe our pecuniary difficulties; and it. is not by continuing that course of p ilK-.v that we can be relieved. It must be by relying on our own resources, on our industry and economy. In s;o doing we must take into view the change which has taken place in the circumstances of the country, which call for a corresponding change in our habits ami pursuits. A few years since the whole produce of the country was requi , , u but ti,, ,,ro,lucti,,ns f ! . .,,..' inm.ascl, tt ,.. . i i crease ot population, and . i. -.. j.. 'n.. red to supply the wants of the emigrants the countrv ith the inemigration having been considerably checked bv the difficulty of making sales of property : preparatory to a removal, there is now i no longer at home a demand at all proportionate to the amount of the produce grown; the consequence is that we are , compelled to seek at a distance a market for tbe surplus productions of our , son. me stagnation in trade, arising ; from the want of demand, which prevailed between the loss of the home market, and th finding of a distant one, has linn viorwihlv filf Itnt tlo nrnfitti rnl ize( b our citizens fl0m tlie shipments ; ,mvM thc MissiBsippi during tlie last sea,on ho!(1 out flat . mpnt , r t. rllf ,.,.. it,.:,,,,. ; : .ulvance uf the S(atcs virilf in the great vallev of the Ohio, and being contiguous i o r ' to a better navigable stream, Illinois has ' ureatlv the advantage of them in sunplying thc early markets of the country ; bordering on the lower Mississippi, anil me v-st inilia Islands. 1 submit to the consideration of the Legislature how far facilities and encouragements can be afforded to our citi.ens to avail themathmleil to our citi.ens elves of nature's great highway to the markets of toe world. The Agricultuial Society of the State as made la-:dv-,!e efforts to advance has the great 1 ::gi iculture and manu.'a. 'u : . . ited to .liVt ; . . -..us aie too lim- . .. !v the considerae ;; to the proprieoeiety its countention of tm .". ty of alio i ding the ance and support, in effecting the great and praiseworthy oh ects ol its institu turn. 1 hat ot manufactures seems to be entitled to the particular attention of the Legislature, as they may not only contribute to tbe wealth and independence of the commuitv, but bv ci eating a domestic market for the nioduceot the suil, be themselves a source ofcntuur i agement to its cultivators. Whilst the Legislature has its attention drawn to the coj;ideration ot the measures best calculated to developc and bring into active operation the resourses of the State, it will not, I am uie,overlooK the great ad, vantages which would result from connecting by navig-

ble channels the waters of the Misi.ippi withhoseof the greatNorthe. n Lakes Jt will be recollected that the Stale of New-York is now' actively cniil, and has made considerable" progr7ss. in

cutting a canal connecting the gieat lakes with the tide water of the Hudson river; a work winch considered cither m relation to the means required to effect it or the great benefits resulting from it, will rellect the highest honor on the wisdom and enterprize of that great a::d flourishing State. It is hoped Illinois will not be backward in performing her part in that great national undertaking, ; which connects the city of New-Yoi k ! with New-Orleans, by an interior cornmunicatton through the Hudson, lb Lakes, and the Mississippi. The ad ppi. 1 he advantages of such a communication will be incalculably great, not only to this Mate, through which it will pas, but to the Union generally. It will have the salutary effect of connecting and amalng the interests of remote sec tions ol our happy confederation a thing very dear to the heart of every American patriot. It w ill open a channel through which will flow a rapid current ol population and wealth to this Mate: and by affording a cheap and expeditious conveyance, renuve most of those in conveniences arising from our interior situation. It will jrreatlv pnUrtrp th circle of commerce, and give us a choice of markets; ami what will be of grent consequence, relieve us from the neceslty we are now under of taking to mar ket our bread stuffs, salted provision. lurs and peltries, at present our chief ar ticles ol exportation, through a tropical climate, during the warm seasons of the; year. Nature has bountifully provided Illi nois with two channels of coimnumc ition between the waters of the Mississippi and these of tbe great Lakes, neither of which requires much labour to mike navigable. The Illinois River, which falls directlv into the "great tnjther of rivers," and from it uniform depth of water and gentle cunent, af ford- the best navigation of all its tributaries, approaches within a few miles of Lake Michigan; anil as the intervening surface is unusually level, and the earth fa light and friable texture, a canal could be excavated at a small expense. The Wabash River also approaches within a few mile of the Maump.a navigable river which falls into Lake Krie. From tlie best information which lias been obtained uf the di-tance, surfaea and texture of the earth through which it would be necessary to cut a ra . il to connect the navigation of tlie Wabash and Maume, it is believed that it would not require a large sum to effect the object. This canal however would be within the limits of the State of Indiana. But as the W abash river forms tbe boundary for a considerable distance, and is equally owned by Illinois and Indiana, both Mates have a mutual interest in improving it navigation, and connecting it wil. the Lakes. The communication through the Illinois river into Lake Michigan would be more circuirous t the At I ii tic sea-board than that through tbe Wabash into Lake Krie; but then it would be less subject to obstructions in the autumnal months in the river navigation; these however ' could, at a comparatively small exnen-e. bc removed, and the channels of the ) bio and W abash deepened, so as to have a sufficient depth of water at all seasons of the year for the passage of boats. '1 hese internal imm ovempnta effected, and Illinois would soon rUe to her proper rank, in wealth, in popula tion, and in the fecilities of cummercia mercial intercourse. It is hoped that the Legislature will see the propriety of opening, as soon as p ssible, these great commercial chan nels id nature. Let it not be said tint the State is too new, and has not as vet - ! taking If Illinois has not now the neceary means speedily to complete the work, she has enough to commence ; and economy and judicious arrangements will soon afford her the means of comnleting it. It should be borne in - luud, that, with a soil acknowledged to be more genet ally fertile than that of anv of the other States, Illinois is pos se-sd of u. ore abundant icmujijos t.un ol the new .States. The Saline planted tohrrbv the L'nited Stat- - aie more producie than those granted to any other State; and the ; millions of a, cius uf laud granted tu tho buldieu ol