Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 4, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 March 1825 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN k ENERAi ABYERTJSE1L BY ELIHU STOUT. VlNCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, MAIiCH IS. 1825. Vol. IG. No. 4

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TJffi WESTERN SUN, IS published at Two Dollars and , FIFTY cents, for Fifty-Two Numbers, which may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time of Subscription. Payment in advance being themutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. ...... A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed for, will be considered a new engagement. No subscriber at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of their papers sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor en business must be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. ZT Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inseited, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. ' communicated. mr srour I send you for publication a copy of the protest I entered against the passage ot certain acts therein named, authorizing a considerable portion of the Wabash fund to be paid to road commissioners The few members of the last legislature who had a direct interest in such allowances, and some otheis who probably did not comprehend this much abused protest, as well as many intelligent citizens by whom it is greatly mis understood, owing to incorrect statements, can now leisurely review the subject and I trust my constituents will be thoroughly convinced by the reasons it sets forth, that their interests and rights were properly upheld, and correctly represented by me. If the claims provided for by the acts alluded to were just, there was a distinct fund out of which they should have been paid ; St to th.it course I should have offered no objection. Were the unspeakable benefits to be derived from the improvement of our rivers to be confined to a few men were the riddance of all obstructions in the Wabash, Sc its connection with the M.tumee, to serve the purposes of some three or four citizens only, then the incorrect statements in circulation respecting this pro'est would be of little consequence but, sir, this is not such a case the visible and pernicious consequences of such acts affect a tract of country which may yet contain a million of inhabitants of Indiana, as well as a cotitempated work, the completion of which will command the trade of many states, and afford a certain revenue, sufficient in my opinion even at this day, to support and sustain nur stutc government free of taxation It is often said that heedless men may be persuaded into wrong opinions, wherein they have small concern: but that any portion of our citizens should be so persuaded in such a case as that under consideration, against manifest demonstration, and what must lead to the conviction of their own understanding, I will not believe ; therefore I think it unnecessary to add any thing to the argument the protest contains. JOHN EWING. Vincenncs, March 8, 1825. PROTEST. Friday January 28, 1825. Mr. Ewing laid before the Senate the l following protest: The undersigned member of the Senate, having had the mis'omtne to dissent from a majority of his associates, on many questions relative to the legal lights and the public good, which he is bound to believe all wish to keep in view, feels himself particularly called upon to avail of a constitutional privilege, to spread upon the journal of proceedings, a brief statement of his reasons for opposing, and thus entering his protest, against the passage of two bills from the other house, which were sanctioned on vestcrdav. One is entitled "an act to

provide for the payment of certain claims allowed by the Circuit Court of Sullivan county" the other "an act to authorise the agent of the three per ctnt. fund to pay over certain monies therein named." He protests against the first mentioned act, to satisfy claims in Sullivan county, because an act is now in full force, approved January 31st, 1 824, entitled an act for improving the river Wabash," bv the first section of which, so much of the "A three per c Mit. fund as was then due, or v might become due, to the counties of Ktmx, Sullivan, Vigo, Vermillion and arkc, with certain reservations, which

do not embrace, or provide for the Claims now legalized to be paid, solemnly set apart foi the improvement of said river, and because no evidence was afforded that the claims in question were in existence and adjudicated upon by the court, at the period the aforesaid act of Jan. 31, 1324 was published. He protests against the passage of the other act aforesaid, which authotises the agent to pay over ceitain monies therein named, because he apprentnds that an improper construction of legislative authority, destitute at least, of keund political validity, might in tiii:e be predicated upon i s sanction, inasmuch as it is in direct hostility to an exis ing iaw. and will impair or totally exhaust trie fund now due for the improvement of the Wabuli; and public faith seems to be intiingcdby divesting that liver of the legaKfipportionmtnt, and that toowi-hout an) documents to shew that any legal c'aim now exists, under contracts made previous to a knowledge of the act for theitnpiovement ol the Wabash aforesaid, or f:r my damages utained or l.bj performed, pievious to ils pubiica'ion; or that the amount authorised to be paid was, or will be, expended within the limits of tin counties whose portion ol the fund was set opart for thatrivei inasmuch as the idea of legislative uniformity, actuated by laudab'e, equitab'e and patriotic sentimeiKS, which the just and eternal interest of the people require, seem opposed to any intringement of any act permitted to remain on the staure beok imd as he believes that the legislative power is bound by its own enaemtnts so long as they exist as a ru;e of conduct, and can have no original, but sttictly a declaratory poAer in icgard to such cases as are embraced by the acts which elicit this protest and as the diversion of the part of the three percent, fund appropriated for the Wabash b the said acts, ofiers no very righteous conn as' to i lie objee t upon which the greater put of tljfund has heretofore been obviously iwasted, justice to the primai y inteies s of-the state, and the sacred interests of the people, seem at tis moment to reqiHre and demand this expression. The undersigned in entering this protest against the pssige of the acts atore said, does not hesitate to give hi decided aflirmative to the pioposition, in the fullest latitude, tha' a '-Majority of the peoi pl-s representatives can aiter or abolish any laws existing (not effecting vested rights) whenever they think proper: but he believes it a maxim of political wist'om, equally sanctioned by the con- ' stitution and vetified by reason and by experience, that Ci nstituiional laws vesting ceitain privileges and immunities, should ! while ihey exist, be contemplated with reveience, appioaching with prudent 1 caution, and altered or touched with trembling timidity and that anyinfringement upon the enactments Csuch laws, calculated to impair the. immunities they may authiize and set apart,, without a palpable necessity to challenge i the absent of every unprejudiced intelli

gent mmcl, should be distrusted and repeiltd. JOHN EWING. From the United S ates (iazette. SMITH ON PI1E APOCALYPSE. This little pimphlct which has been for some weeks piomiscd. made its appearance m this city a few days since. We presume thai cxpecta'ion, "which has stood on tiptoe," is not entirely satisfied, the woikino what was expected Everyone looked for some ingenious application of 'he rvea ion," to Lm. peculiar situaticn of the world in the present centuiy, and some had prepared, themselves for a hearty laugh at the mvstiler. The writer, however, instead of wasting his time in adapting past visions to pre sent rtaliiics, has taken a new ground, and has endeavored by a vciy considerable dibplav of reading and a most inti mate acquaintance with the early w titers, to show that the book of Revelations was

not the production of John the Evangelist This he attempts to prove, by

shewing with much ingenuity, that none of the early wi iters, that is those of the first century, nor indeed any one, until the very last vears of the second century, ever refer to the pocalypsc r.f John, and even then reference is only occasionally made, and with a kind of unccrtai;it : while every other hook of the New Testament is particularly referred to In the minion of the author. Ircneus, Bishop ol Lvons, in Gaul, wrote, or rather compiled this Apocalypse there were ccial works bearing that name, and in older to

give it consequence, appended to his production the name of John, and in another work quotes the same book as the pro duction of that Saint. The ingenuity of General Smith is rot displayed in hU.attempt at showing that the supposed prophecies of the Revelations, relate to events which transpiied some years before the book was written, and that it was to be considced only a history of events, in figurative language, which transpired chit-fly at livtantium, having occasional reference to the suffeiiigs of pLiriihhe christians in the other place. Y We commend this pamphlet lor the ease by which it may be read; there is a pietty saving ot ink and type displaying in its printing; short lines doubly spaced, and copious margins. 1 he bo'k for which fifty cents are demanded, wu'd fill about four eo urn ns of our G. zette. It is with the -.natter however, tnat we have to do, a. id we think it. if not entirely orthodox, cei lainly as it gt niux a work as we have ever read. : : : n o : : : Foreign News. By the ship Spartan, arrived at NewYoik.from Havre, London papers to the 5th Jan. were received. LONDON, Jan. 5. Yesterday, when it was ascertained that me d.ficiency in the s'oek of cotton in the Kb gdom, was 150,000 bags less than last year, a most animated and extensive demand immediately took place; the scene ol contusion was so great, that the quantity actuallysold is estimated at from 5000 to 80( 0 bags, chiefly E India descriptions. I he advance here is 1 4 to 12 penny per pound. L is asserted that the Biitish Minister at Lisbon (Sit Wm A'Court ) has peremptorily demanded the dismissal "f General Pampalona, Minister ot Walt is thought that the indv pe nelcnci o the Brazils, with the modifi-ati'wi die a ted b) England, will be acknowledged" Poitugal. It is currently reported in the city that the recognition of the South Amtiican Stales by Gieat Britain, is to he imm diaieiy loiiowtd by a similar acknowiedg ment ol theii independence, hi Franc. Fiom the avowed detei initiation oft.. French government to c i cut m the g i eral policy of England, it may be inlet red that the decision of the Biitish go eminent on a point so important to th. preservation ot tianqui.iity in Europe, has not been taken vviiix ut the concur rence of at least the guai comnieicia' powers. Toe die U now cast, and oh Spain may hem clot th be considered as irievocably separated from her South American colonies Letters fiom Madiid to Dec. 23d say. that although the government pretended that the landing on tne coast of Valentin was made by 2U sn.ugglei o ontuin water, a considerable lorct . in aodiii n to thefiist five- tegiments. has b en m nt in that direction The nun her ol m spicious vessels seen at diilc-ient times in that neighborhood, is said to aim-tint to seven cen, all with troops o?i boa d It is reported that the Constitunoi a ists aie organizing a considerable, body at U.ngiers. The Fiench commander of ( u rcra had disarmed all the Royal volunteer militia in '.hat place A letter from Valparaiso, of Sept mentions, that the Italians show peibc tl good fai h with regaid to the Kan raised in London and a company ol merchants have contracted to piiy gSuoTO for interest, and 5HVOoo for :ht sinking fund, an ually, in retur n for unich, thty are t' enjoy 'h? sole privilege ot celling tcbacco. tea, foieign wines, spirits -nd playing cauls. They aic to c -rfisia'c the church property, width is i it met se GRKEC'E The hnttcss ol Pitras is completed invtsndlv Gv., Co.uc.ctioi.i, with 7000 men, a- d H Spcz'o1 vessels cut t jff all c unmunication l.yMa.. I'c Tutkish garrison were few and if, fu; nish'-d, and was expee'ed to caj i uiate. A plan was prepaiii gtor sto ndng (he place in a few days, and the possession will be ot vast importance to the G'ccks as this is the on'y pott through which an invading at my could threaten the Morea from the sea. The news of victoi y of Nov 12th. over ti e K gvpiian fleet i ft' 1 andia. uascn fi tned from every quartet; 3 men r.f war were bunted, and 30 tranpntt taken. The prisoners were ttcatcd with Immunity Lord Guilford, as head of the Gictk University at C'orlu, has -d p'cd the garb of $octaiS) and ha uiduud the

' adoption of the ancient costume among the students. BALTIMORE. FKU. 18. Further Confirmation By the -ehoon er Vem Uih at New-Vor k, from Carthagena, the td.lots ot the N w YoX G. zette have been favored with the following letter, which we publish foi the pur pose of showing the source v hence the news was leeched at Caithagena, and aLo as furnishing some further and

impoiiaiit particulars: "CARTH G1.NA. JAN 13. "The schoonei Fame, w hic ii ?t net r1

last evening in 6 da ft0m t nagtts, ; brings the impoitant intelligence that the Spanish army in Pciu was totally defeated by t'.e Coiu.-vbians undi t G. nl. hucre on the plains of Guan a; g.iilla n tlu 6th of December last. The Vict roy, and Ge era.s Caiite:c ai d Vantz, wire taken prisoners; the fi:st was sevciely j wounded I have seen a c py ot ihc

otti-lal acct unl transmitted by the Secretary ol Bolivar to the IntenoeM of Panama, and by hin , sent to the Intci.dint ot t in place, which not oily si ate ihc above, but als requests that the reinfotcements which ate on the way 10 Peru may be detained, as H ere is no linger any occasion for hem. There is so ii-tlc doubt ol the truth of it heit , th t the Venezuela ftigate is oidired to m,i; ,i.e very moment she is leady to ctny the news to Ei gland. "Tins in ligi ce was brought to P.n?mu by an E.:i:Iishman despatched by the English Consul icsiding at Lin. a, who immediareiy on his artival at C'hagres, chancied m Ametican schoonor to dmey him to ('hath ston arid wa to have sailed rbet.ee foui divs sinee He was to pneced f;om Charleston te England iron. ed late

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The b rir Aspassia, of New Yotk. had nUd to Ent- and. wirh i cvsol ;h 'ao ablc state ol afTa'ns in Peiu (Pa rriot. GHP.AT ND DECISIVE VICTORY. Of h- Ibtratintc army ver the tfiat.ish urvtij in Ptru. H B M. sclu Swallow, Lieut Haldoek, t il cd at Kingston, J n aica, en he 19 h. in four da) s from Cat'hi gfa, with ehe highly iti'pmtant iMt l.igvir: of he forrpiee DIITAI at. DIS'BU; I ION Ol the SPANISH AHM IH p. hu the particulars ol wj .ch w.u ue n.onei beiow. lima Dec 18. 8i4. The lihciatirg am y, upcIm tht e mmat el ef V t S uci , has ten p ( t y c.V stto)td tit Sj rnish tiniv. ci. n e 9-j. in il e ficiii e.t (iuan at f-ui;la. 1 (,(n La Setrii., i oitci andet, hasbet t om ded, and taker piismer v ith he Gci t as, v anietac Valde s Catta'alla, nd all he earners eon pt is;t g t he SparUh cti. y; the baggage aid amuniticn have abo f, 1icn iiitiM-ur hards, 'i he Lieut I e,l. Ajedina, adjutant ef His ExcelUocy, the Lib,iateyi, who nn-ducicci 'he (T.e iai ett ol the actiot , was uid' nut.aieiy assair.a eel I y tl eieie se f Geiai -do H i ; uti.oti iesol le neighht'ig potts Imc t.oi eedthe . 11. rial tiilnih rt ot.r sin s. Gen ( ante iaf to, k I c e n n at d. ; ftc L.ibcu a' d I ce i. we nt cu V arc i api'u aied tei G n Sucte C a ia' ulS to b tie dve re ei io tl c hbt a'i a r-.v. ! In 9tl. Dec ce npc.eel rl e tt'ijnph ol Jutiin A ear io, tic Spar ia!s fl. itttcd their tlv s tPcy would t crnqitrtlu Anerieai w it It rt.i am i ot now in wi ti.ee. The v ictory f ( n.angmlla has tetn.ii ate d t.t Vot, aid sea eel ihe ii d pe r de t r e e.l u , n,, ,n. cn! of Co on. Heir I as tx c r dc ir! d the question which divides Euie.pe wli-.eh note in.medtatel) itveiests Anerica, ant. winch is tMm.-ccndental tf tht. wl c,e I u n an race, at d vv he se iiflutnct v ill, v.tl'Otr dv.ubt, extend te ttr usat ds at d thous m s ol suec-d.rg e rera'tci s '1 his (juesnon i. wi .'hvi ih. wcrld slu.Uio he got it iu(l t.y i t l.bi 'lite p vv-cro-'h's. wl-f inn h' n selves Ii riti. n a es. e r w eh r the v.t ch I as i .rd, it. vvlir.h. ',v pmpl, shell erjfy : , ir lights Infme.thi dhi ratine -aiiM I s solved the. pfb! n. &id h; etcc d tie avt troi I'tiu ii' wt.it h vav wai.'ii y t glo.y Gtatiiude w ill in' rihe !:!" n the i a mes e t t f ' e r cue t s o Gi n r nguida end the il'uMmi.s gttj us. vJo I a t r.eiue te d the wa' wh-rh t.as.vd P .u, and vho since- tin ever.'sc! F bruaiy, has e i. re in ( reel rt 'hinglut r.ewr reads to g o y II s f.n c v il! e t ('ihc to the end t ti e voud. anel . js ti c predentin ent, whicti ro at "rniatts cvtry I cart that aspiu s to libr tty CaT'hasrrria. I'c riirhtJan 12. IPCS. GiC4ticjocings took place a Canhi-