Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 April 1825 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN.feSlENEIlAlL A3EKTI8ER.

9 BY ELIIIU STOUT. VINCfiNNES, (IISlOrURDAY, APillL 10, 1825 Vol. ig. No. 9.

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attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. $C7 Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number ol times they wish them inserted, or they vili be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. FOR THE WESTERN SUN. ro the public. I have ever been pleased with the prosperity of all societies of men, whose aim was to civilize mankind; or professing religion, if they lived and acted according to their declaration. Since I came to the state of Illinois, I joined the Baptist church, having been raised to believe that they were the only people who were right; but as I grew up, and acquainted myself with the different sects professing religion, I discovered there were more or less in all societies who were unworthy members. I have had in my acquaintance, several op. pommities of informing myself respecting Free Masonry, as far as the outlines cf that order would admit: my attention being drawn that way, I soon began to form quite a favorable opinion of the institution ; consequently I made application to the Palestine Lodge for admittance I was received as a member, and still continue a member of the smiic. About this time my Baptist brethren rnauifes-cd their disapprobation of my conduct ; I readily informed them that I had no intention of maring the peace of any person by becoming a member of that order ; that if I could see any evil in it, 1 would willingly withdraw from the Lodge. When they discovered that they had no good grounds for an accusation, and were unable, in argument, to convince me ol error; they requested me to leave the Lodge. I instantly informed them, that what I had done, had been done with no evil design ; that I had found no impropriety in Masonry ; consequently I would not leave neither of the societies until I saw mv error. Much agit3ted at this, the case was made known to the Church. Being prepared for fial, I informed them it was not my intention to leave cither societies ; it instantly fired their minds with indignation A motion was made, that I should h excluded from the Church, and I saw there was to be no trial. I then handed hem a written instrument, containing some of mv reasons for not leaving the Lodc, and also proposed the following cnies'io is to the Church, requesting answers to each1. Is a moral ood a spiritual evil ? J Is Masonry a sin ? X If Masonry is a sin, wherein docs it f onsist r Why may I not pursue what course i pieasc.if it is lawful, and an advantage to me, provided I do not sin ? 5 When I have neither done or intended hum, why should I be excluded ? f. II ow can ou judge of that of which von kno v nothing ? Elder Daniel Parker observed to the j Church, that the questions were unnn- 1 .wetaolc, an.l hkciy I knew it: that he presumed the questions wee intended to puzzle and perplex the Church, and not for mv own instruction; furthermore, he vjs not prepared to say, whether there was much good or harm in the institution Imtons thing was certain, there was en;".gb contained in the scriptures to cmtilov all the leisure time wc had to spare : this wot hi. The question was then taken, and I was -.eluded. I thought it a strange way of putting a man to death without knowing whether he had committed a crime, and witho-: t'ial. I requested a bill of my faults, concluding pr.Vv.iblv, I might have '-om oeraion to know i future, what I i '.me .t vj rnn'r: . nnrl iritis ns it.

Stale of Illinois! Crawford county, th: I Bafltist Church of Christ, at LamU. 1st. Took up the reference from last

meeting, respecting Enjah D odson joining the Free Masons Lodge ; said Dodsoncame forward St informed the Church that he would not leave the Masonic or der, the Church therefore exclude said Dodson from their fellowslu niting himself with the Masonic St neglecting to hear tne Church at her meetitu" of husin: rs. S .tnulav. I Mi O F J , - March, 1825. N Signed by order of the Church, " WILLIAM RYAN, Clk. " A true copy of her record." According to the best construction which I can put upon such a written instrument, f contains two charges, each of which arc Falss. 1st. 1 have alwavs said, if I could be convinced of my etror, I would retract I have no desire to com mit an evil, and knowingly oiwiimgly persist in tne same ; mat my msi tfrjon for evil was not so strciiL' but that turn from it, when convinced. 2d. 1 neglected to hear the Church, is cqifcally tidicul ous, and must np.iear so to enry person, because I have always been anxious to do what was right, and v.illing to listen to reason but instead of this, they deprived me of the opportunity of hearing them, by not answering the quesii onswhichl proposed. I was willing to hear and had no other expectation, until I was excluded in so shameful a manner, without ever attempting to investigate the subject. The case lu.s never been investigated in the Church, in anyt?bpc whatever. The intention of the (Jrhrch appears to have been tlm : If theyjexcludcd me in this manner, it would probably injure me, if I never came back to join them at the same time thev thought by excluding me in so abrupt a manner, I probibly would not take the second thoght about it, ami conclude the act was so base, and they had shown mc so much contempt, that I would leave the Masons, return and acknowledge a fault, and be a member with them, lint I never intend to acknowledge a fault until I am certain that I have committed one. I now submit the matter to the public, for them to judge whether the Church has treated me as Christians should treat a member, or even as a liiend or neighbor. Or rather have they not treated me as though they were destitute ol that su pernatuial love which flows from God, and fills the soul with tiue love to all mankind. ELIJAH DODSON. April 7, 1825. This same Eider Daniel Paiker, who can find enough in the Bible to employ all the leisure lime wc have to spare in this world, has for the last 3 years been a member of the legislature ; and previous to his election, he positively declared to the members of his Church, that he wrs called ol G id to legislate and according to his own statement, has spent much of his time in digging for gold and silver, & concealed treasures, in a mountain in Tennessee. "from niles wkkkly register." FOREIGN NEWS. Great Bri'ain and Ireland. The vast amount of surplus or unemployed capital in England, has given ric to a great variety of schemes for the purpose of investing it advan'ageously, and one of the late London pipers contains a list of one hundred and fourteen new projects, requiring rapi'al amounting to upwards of ninety-five millions n-m-uls sterling, or more t!nn four hundred and twenty millions of dollars. France. The Paris l.hcral paper. Constiiutiormrl. savs "The ministerial journals are insulting Lafavctte and the noble triumph offered to him in the United States. They cannot conceive how homage can ba paid to a man from whom you have, nothing to hope or fear." Two strong wagons arrived at Dijon on the 2 1 n It on their way to Paris from Marseilles, with an Egyptian sarcophagus, adorned within and without with hieroglyphics This tomb weighs 19.00 lb. It i 8 feet in length., 4 feet in breadth and -t $ feet in height, and has been bough! by go c mm cut Ita'u Rome, Jin. 15. The number of pilgnms attracted by the jubilee is excessively small, especially when compared with the former jubilees. Not tn speak of the jubilees of 1 .100 and 1350. when, acconlmg to enntcmpo' -arv wntcrs millions cF pilgrims were reckoned, it is on record tha even in 17W. there were 1.30.) nrrsrnt no Hif 9 It'n 11 -t tJir opening oi the holy fjate; s,VJ0 arrived

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in Christmas week, to be present at the new year. This time, only 36 pilgiints anived at the opening of the holy irate, pening ol tne Holy gate,

and, in the first week no more than 410 ! public creditor? Indemnity in fact aamved. This fact is pu tly explained by ; gainst an illegal act, a neglect of duty, the severity exercised by the police of The law intending to give no such ineach state in the examination of the pil- dulgcnce, exacts no bonds, but he exacts giims passports. the bonds and gives no indulge .ee. Germany. A short time ago a young Whether the bond will avail him as a pri woman, tiLimcd Dorothea Ceigher, was vale bond or is binding upon the dtlcn-

Jiuried with military honors at Madgeburgh. She was only 13 years old. and I had made the campaign of I H 1 3 and 1814. The attestation which was triven to her by her co onel, and the other ciliccts, set forth that tins heioine, who had been engagid in mure than forty battles, was equally virtuous and intiepid. Sandwich Islands. Letters from these Islands, received at Boston, confirm the late accounts ol the existence el a civil war in those p ( :es wheuvjt w a sapped uic IIIIIW Hill lll-ili u Ol WW VlilgSlI i. ... : i .1 : . r . i- ' i. . iN: . i. would hdve perpetuated peace 1 iie 11 h iio'j letters are to f Sent. 'I hcv inl nn, that, in" IB

queu'e ot the island having hetn UucTigh estimation in which yoi-r character to Rhio Iltio. who died in Englai.cfylast and revolutionary services arc held by the

summer,; and the occupation ol iVpy hrydkoo as regent tor him, occasioned great discontent among the people of to-jii who, rn the 8th August, rose and attacked the fort with intention to seize nn the arms Sec. deposited there. Geo. Tomarrr, (educated at the Cornwall school in Connecticut), headed the inalcontents; but took his measures so badly, that lie was defeated with the loss of a chief and 20 men. The regent, and the new governor, Tamahamha shut themselves up in the fort at first, and sent vessels to the wind v? aid Islands for reinforcements and succour. When these arrived, they sallied out, attacked the Atooi people in their entienchments, beat them, and compelled George, with about 600 men, to retire to the mountains, whither he was pursued by the conquering troops, who were waging a war of cxtcrminatio:i, and commuting savage barbarities The Island was ruined; the houses had been destroyed, the lands laid waste, and the hills were covered with dead bodies. It was not expected that George would hold out a month. Cohmbia. There are different accounts as to the state of things between France and Colombia, growing out ''fa demand made by the former for indemnities for French property taken on board of a Spanish vessel but it appears that nothing decisive has taken place. The marquis Magnan, who arrived at Cauhagena, in the frigate Constaiv ia, had proceeded to Bogota, with documents said to be of 'the greatest importance " Mr cicc. A laive quantity of dollars has arrived at Alvarado, from London, on account of the Mexican loan negotiated in England. The Mexican ma-kets are glutted with IMtish manufacutcs to get the dollars back air sin Important Judicial Decision. Judge Johnson of the United States supreme court has decided that the master general cannot sustain an action in the courts of the United Srafe.Owr bond given to indemnify him against the defalcations of a deputy post master. The ground of the decision appears to be this: the constition gives the United States coutts jurisdiction of all casts to which the United States arc a party, or which arise under a law of the United Mates. As the suit in question was brought in the name of the post master general, and not in the name of the United States, the court decided that the United States were not parties to the suit, and consequently the coipt had no jurisdic tion, unless it was marie to appear that the case was one, arising under the law of the United States. But it was "admitted on all hands that there exists no law to icquirc the post master general to demand, or his deputy to give bond, before entering on his office;" therouit further decided that thr case did not arisc under a law of the Uirted States, so as to give the federal court jurisdiction, and consequently the suit could not be sustained in those courts The judge considers these bomb as a pc'sonal matter between the post master general and his deputies for the sccutity and convenience of the former, and hence ve should infer, that if an act of congrcssj should direct the post master gencralfr?f bring his suits in the federal courts vet such a law would be unconstitutional, as much so, as if congress were to direct any individual to bring his suits in those courts. The judge, speaking ofthee bonds, observes "What then arc these

bonds insecurity to the post master ecn cral against the losses to which he sub- ; jects himself by his induln-cnr

, jecis nimscii ny rus indu hrenr tmU uants as a voluntary bond is now tho question. It is, whether it be a legal official bond, a contiact to which the jumcial ptivilcges of the United States can be legally applied: and I am of opinion mat tnat is not, and that a suit upon it is neither a suit to which thcAJ nitf fl Stair lias been legally made a party, nor a case arising uiidcr a law of the United State Indianapolis, Jan. 29, 182 Dear Sni Pcimit mc to enclose you a copy of "A joint resolution of the General Assembly, and in behalf of tho state to unite you to visit Indiana. Allow mc a'so to assure you, of tho people ol this position oi the Union, and to add. that no citizen of the Republic would be more gratified by our visit to the nation, than wou'd the individual who has the horot of addressing you, by your presence in the state. , It would be very gratifying to sec you : at this place, but if that should be con sidertd to inconvenient, wc wou'd gladlf receive you at any town on the Ohm shrnatc. I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, your obd't scrv't. WILLIAM HENDRICKS. Major General Lafayette. Washington, Fkb. 20th, 1825. Sir: 1 he resolutions of the Ge neral Assembly of Indiana arc so very honorable and kind to me, your excellency is pleased to announce them in terms so affectionate, that 1 want adequate words to express my deep arid lively gratitude. It is only on the soil of the state, to whic h I find myself so devotedly bound by tho obligations imposed uj on me, that lean present the tribute of my feelings, and the high sense I have of the esteem and kind

ness ot the state of Indiana ii? my behalf!?

: Happy would I be to visit every part of it: but 1 am pressed by time, bv ene-ap-e-ments, and the necessity to be on tho heights of Bunker's Hill by the 17th of June. Under these circumstances more fully explained to your representation in congress, they have been pleased to flatter nw. with the hope that on my way up ! the Ohio, a place might be assigned for me to meet my friends of the state of In diana I intend on leaving New-Orleans on 1 2th April. Excuse, my dear sir, this minute detail, imposed upon mc by the piesMite of circumstances and permit me once more to tell you that 1 am penetrated with inexpressible gratitude

: posi to the state, the General Assembly of Iniction JL d'ana and the chief magistrate, whom I

J d.ana ana tiie cluct magistrat ic i to excent mv sincere rrsnects. LAYl'AYE r I E.

His Excellency Vm Hendricks Governor ot Iiidiar.a. Colombia The New York Evening Pom savs, "letters arc stated io have bet ti A. received in that city, from Santa Martha, yl announcing the arrival there of a vessel with the Biitish agent, empowered by his government to iccognise the independence of the icpublic. An express was immediately despatched lor Bogota with the gratifying intelligence. Iti the British house of Commons en the 3d of February. Mr. Canning said, in reference to the Biitish recognition of South American independence "Do I pretend to conceal that by this step wc have hurt many feelings that W2 have run counter to many interestthat we have shocked many prt ji;dic&s; that we have caused main regret; that

we have excited much angr and ir.digntior ? It is true that we have done so I cannot deny it; but I still tnttrtain the most sanguine hope, that all these feelings will explode themselves in words and that wc shall remain with our object gained, ard at peace with all the woild ' In the French chamber of deputies, on the 13th ult. Benjamin Constant adverted to the language of Mr. Canning, and rcmat ked: 'Indeed, if the recognition may excite anger and indignation, wc do riot knovr how far the resentment may beea'ritd. Unfortunately, we know by experience