Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 16, Number 29, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 September 1825 — Page 1

.UN & GENERAL ADVERTISER . "'yvBY ELIHU STOUT. ViNCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 33 25. Vol. 16. No. 29. I WW MM

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deceased, and Nancy Sprout, tafe Nancy Lcdgerxvood, widow of said Joseph Ledgcrxvood, de

ceased and guardmn to said Ju'iana Ledgcrxvood. iou will TAKE NOTICE THAT by virtue of a dedimus issued by the Circuit court of Sullivan county, on an application to perpetuate the testimony of William Ledger wood, touching certain matters in said application set forth, I shall on the 17th day of September, 1825, between the hours of ten o'clock, a. m. and four o'clock, p. m. before Samuel Whittelscy, Esqr. at the house of Mr. J-ihn Hall, in Carlisle, in Sullivan county, take the deposition of

the said William Lcdgcrwood. when and where vou may attend. cc. PHILIP HOOVER. August 13, 1825. 27-3t Valuable Real Property. FOR SALE, THE subscriber has for sale a grist and saw MILL upon the river Am. bun as in the state of Illinois, both in on-

V ion, with five quarter sections of well

timbered land, situate nine miles from

the seat of justice of Lawrence county, and twelve from the Wabash river; one of the above quarter sections was entered in consequence of the prcat indications of Iron ore thereon to be seen, and in 'he event of its answering the expectations of good judges in such matters, rould not fail of being a source of wealth to a man of capital, who could carry these expected and real advantages into operation. For terms apply to the subscriper at West-Union Ind. JONATHAN DOUGHS. June 1 I, 1825. 17-tf

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Jhlminhtrators Sale. WILL sell to the highest bidder, on the farm belonging to the estate of

Sally Mc.Neely, deed, in Harrison town

ship. Knox county, on Mouday 'he 5fh September next, 748 bushels of CORN, and a number of HOGS as the property of said estate a short credit will be given notes, and good security required. II. V BECKES,.:!. August 25, IS25. 28-2t (Tff. R. C. SULLIVAN, administrator of all the Koods and chattels, right end credits, of Wiiliam Jones, deceased, remaining unadministtrcd by Ambrose Whitlock. and Toussaint Dubois, former a 1-ninistiators, gives notice to all, that he is leg illy authorised, as Adminixtra'or df dor:a.H nov, to settle said estate: and that he is now ready to dr the same. All persons who have demands against the same, are requested to present them for adjustment according to lau . Those who ate indebted, if not paid before the 1st of October next, will be sued AM persons w ho may have any of the bo 'k-, papers, accounts, notes, or titlepipersof said estate, arc requested to deliver them tf him. The said G P. C Sullivan, administrator ns aforesaid, from his acquaintance ith the debts and credits of the said estae, dcc'a'-es the same to be inso'vant. k will claim the settlement of said estate as i uch. Vincenncs, Aug. 13, 1S?5.

I borrowed for two years, (at the expirati- ! on of which time the work will be com

plain, of being generally brought to act in concert, and under artful leaders mavbc

IMPROVEMENT of run IVJBJSIf. plcted,and the tolls pay interest ten limes as they have been, enlisted in tnUchic-

lold) is only to be regretted, because we , vous combinations against our govcrnare not more rich ; the same thing was j ment. This view leads me to state to done by New York and it can argue no- ; you, without reserve, the hesitation that I thing situated as this state now is, against t have felt in your case. On the cne hand,

an undertaking whose certain conconu- t we cannot object to the acquisition cf in-

letter 2d.

ro fHE editor. The matter contain

ed in the extract from Mr. Hemphill's speech, with which my first letter was concluded, gives the impress of truth to the lessons of experience. Yet 'tis unfortunately too true, that a portion of every community, can only be influenced by their own exclusive profit or by objects immediately before them. Remote good, if to be participated by all, can make but a slight impression and it may be that the many benefits to spring from the improvement of the Wabash, and its connexion with the Maumee,are too general and remote, when accomplished by the state, to conciliate the sinister views of individuals. Indeed I might ask, is it not now in Indiana, as it was ten or 12 years ago in New York, when a variety of local improvements were projected to benefit the places of their location well cnough for the few to leap advantages all calculated to absorb credit, and to procrastinate, if not defeat, the only one suggested that could render general gcad to the state ? In that state, some men wanted corporate powers, to engross general privileges ; other men alarmed the people by false and frightful forebodings of taxation, slvuld the great work be attempted under state auspices. But at tins day, every enlightened citizen views with pride and exultation, the completion of that New York canal, which encountered such warm opposition, and extends thro her territory 350 miles, from lake Erie to the Hudson ? And how unfounded, and how silly, do all such forebodings appear, when time and experience, have brought them to the test ? The beneficial influence of that work has enriched that state, and her citizens it has covered its supporters with an unfading wreath enhanced the value of the farmers property and products offered new scitcs for the most extensive manufactories, new sluices to trade circulated wealth filled the state treasury added in a most cxtraoidinary degree, to the population of the state and dealt out spirit Sc increased strength, to the union so it is there, go it will be here. I do believe at this day a majority of the people would readily agree (and if all

would reflect, not one could doubt,) that Indiana must be infinitely benefited by the improvement contemplated it will afford bv a natural channel, connecting the Ohio vt'r.h Erie, a longer navigation thro our territory than the New York canal docs through hers ; and our means I contend, for the sum required, (as I shall show hereafter,) are as great in prospective, if not much greater, than the means of New York for thcMmmense Mim she has expended on her Artificial channel ; and our prospect of advantages greater, and r.s well founded, if we take our distressed and declining situation into view. India- ?,, enjoying a formidable position, and an immence extent of fertile territory, has continued feeble in her agricultural, manufacturing, mcrchantile and moral condition without a market to stimulate industry, or capital and enterprise to reward it her citizens embarrassed with debt, her taxes enormously high, her real estate of lit'le value, her population not rapidly increasing and all these accumulated greivances aggravated by the fact, that other ststes enjoying navigable outlets are now prosperous and not one of the most prosperous ol them is more favoted in soil, climate and productions, or rather a susceptibility to produce. The great difliculty in the way of removing the cause of this, appears to be the same that once existed in N. York, namely the different views, S local interest?, of a few men. In the case nf the Wabash improvement, as recommended by the legislative report, no man can claim exclusive benefit, (as in the Illinois project of corporation) therefore men can readily be found who will not lower their private interest to the public advantage nor is the good tn re ult, and the wealth lo flow, tz the monev to circulate, in one paiticular 4pot, then piss immediately into another s'ate, (as in the two mile canal at JciTtrsonville) therefore diffi -ulties ca readily be started. But 'tis for the pcop1r,and the peoph s servants, to conect apVjtttss

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upon an sucn inventions ttr v areivcr

cd with power forth;' gccral god and that must never he knowingly sacrificed, for the cxclushe benefit of any inconsiderable number of community. The fact that the state must borrow money, and enough too to pav the interest on the sum

tants will be wealth, population and trade.

The whole expenditure must circulate amongst us, and pass throughout our state, and all experience demonstrates that the increased value of property alone, laying within ten miles of the river, when the improvement be completed, over its present price, would more than redeem the debt.

In my next I will glance at ?Ir. Hind's

habitants from abroad, pos-cing c ; tal

and skiifin a bianch of bu- 1 1 . a . wi h due caution, may, without risk cr chfVu ulty,and with public as well as p-hau advantage, be establish! d among us; Lut, on the other hand, if the opinions of such

inhabitants arc; likely to throw thein into

the class ol malcontents ibeir fortuni

skill, and conscctucnt influence. AuYck

then ten fold moie ilat gerous,

make

act of incorpora-: n and here I will ask they might become a disadvantage, inthc intelligent f: men of Indiana, many stead of a Irnefit to our country. You of w hom have de. : bought experience of must be sensible that I possess no sufiici-

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corporations, whether they will he indu

ced to abandon the controul of lSOmilt! of their river to the discretionary vvtm of such a body ? Whether they will rcMnquish the advantages and revenue, the improvement of the W?bash and its navigation to the lake, so certainly insures, for the emolument of a few men? Whether they can be persuaded out of their common cense to invest a corporation with o.ic hitndred thousand dollars to im-

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prove a mOiCty oi toe river, and pocket satisiactory ; i on tne wnole 1 nave conthe tolls for thirty years, not only of the eluded, after this unreserved communicatrade that limited improvement may en- tion, which I hope willl be received with ticc, bat also of the increase of trade, in- the same candour as it is made, to inloim duced by the necessary expenditure a- you. authorizing you to make use of the

cut means of forming an opinion respecting your sentiments, but the motives which led mc to intcifcie with your government to restrain the emigration of the pei sons above alludid to, oblige me to bservc a due caution on the present occasion ; at the same time, I desire not to act with illibcrality, and should be unwilling to bring upon my country the slightest imputation of inhospitality. What Mr. Wilson has written, so far as it goes, is

bove ; and after s-ecurincr the valuable im-

proved water power lo the- corporation, to pay the amount they have disbursed with ten per cent, per annum interest for

information, that I withdrew every objection that may be supposed to stand in the way of your being permitted to goto the United States, adding only my earnest

thirty years, or a--anc.on the tolls forever r wish, that you may carry with you an un-

Whcther the men who womd advocate such a relinquishment of state rights to a corporation, so certainly advantageous if properly u'.cd, can be fiicnds of the people ? I am. be. JOHN EWING.

Frc:: ih.e A. Y. A'ational Ayzeate. Copy of a letter from Mr. Rufus King, the American minister at the court ol London, to Mr. Henry Jackson, one of the Irish stute prisoners, which was promised this week Sun Ed. u Brighton, Aug. 28, 1T99.

" r.m I ought to inform you, that I really have no authority to give or refuse pei mission to you, or any other foreigner, to go to the United States ; the admissi- . on c rcsid nee of strangers in thatcoun- j try being a matter that, by a late law, ex- , clusively belongs to the president. It is ' true that the government of this country in the course of this last year, in consequence of mj interference, gave me an assurance that a particular description of persons in Ireland, who it was understood were going to the United States, should not be allowed to proceed without our consct : this restraint would doubtless be withdrawn in favor of individuals against whose emigration I should not object ; and I conclude, that it is upon this supposition, that you have taken the tioublc to communicate to mc your desire to go and reside in fhe United States. Without presuming to form an opinion on the late distuibancc in 1 1 eland, I entertain a distinct one in relation to the political situa- ' tion of my own country. In common with others, we have felt the influence of the

changes that have successively taken place in France, and, unfortunately, a portion of nur inhabitants has erroneously supposed that our civil and political institutions, as well as our national policy, might be improved by a close imitation of the models of France. This opinion, the propagation of which was made the dutv, and became the chief employment of the French agents residing among our people, and required a greater watchfulness and activity from the government, than could beforehand have been apprehended. I am sorry to make the remark, and shall stand in need of your candour in doing so, that a large proportion of the emigrants from Ireland, St especially our middle states, has, upon this occasion, ar raged itself upon the side of the Tnalcntev.t;. I ought to except from this remark, most of the enlightened and well educ ated Iiishmen who reside among us, and, with a lew exceptions, I might confine it to the indigent and illiterate, who, entertaining an afachment to freedom, are unable justly to appreciate those salutary restraints without which it degenerates into anarchv. It would be injustice to say that te Irish emigrants are more national than those of any other count! it s, yet bring a numerous, though very minor portion of our population, they arc capable, frcm causes it is needless now to cx-

biasscd mind, may find the state of the

country, as I believe you will, favourable to your views of business, and its government deserving your attachment. 44 I must beg your excuse for the greats delay that has occurred in sending you this answer, which, I assure vou, has arisen from other causes than the want of dueresptctto your letters With great consideration, I have the honor to be, sir, your most obedient sen ant, " RUFUS KING." PARTIES. A Lesson for Amalga mators. 44 Far distant te the day, when it must be said of this country, that it has no parties, for it must be also said, if any one be bold enough to say it, that it has no liberties. Let hawk-eyed jealousy be ever on the alert to watch the footsteps of power. Let it be courteous in language, but stern and unbending in principle. Whoever he may he, wherever he may. be, that would strike at the people's, V rights. let him hear the people's voicqtW proclaiming that 44 whom it will it can set up, and whom it will it can set down.' Fear not party zeal, it is the salt of your existence. There are no parties underaDespo tism There no man lingers lound a ballot box ; no man drinks the poison of & licencious press ; no man plots treason at a debating society ; no man distractsis head about the science of government.-2-All there is a calm unruffled sea ; even av

aeua sea ot black and bitter waters, uuz we move upon a living stream forever pure, forever rolling. Its mighty tide sometimes flows higher, and rushes faster than it is wont, and as it bounds and foams, and dashes along in sparkling violence, it now and then throws up its fleecy cloud ; but this rises only to disappear ; and as it fades away before the sunbeams of intelligence and patriotism, you behold upon its bosom thejainbow signal of returning peace, arching to declare, there is no danger. Sprague's oration The American consul in Dublin

8100 Reward. LOPED from my farm in YriIson lTi county, Tennessee, 6 miles from

Gulatin, and twenty. five miles from Nashville, on the 4th of this instant, a ncgro man named 4 ROBERT, u about 25 years of age; six feet high, of ft yellowish complexion; has a scar over one of his eyes, some scars on his legs. He took with him a fur hat, a drab grtat coat, with a large cape covered with buttons, he is a house carpenter by trade, and will, there is no doubt, endeavor to pass as a freeman. The above mentioned icward will be given to any person, who will apprehend said negro, and secure him in some jail, so that I can get him again. JAMES H. DAVIS. July 9th, 1325 23-3m