Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 13, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 May 1826 — Page 1

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.. i r '.V .r. BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.r-TURDAY, MAY 13, 1826. Vol. 17. No. 13.

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..... . , . I (Bij Jiutlwvitij.) LA W3 of the U. STxVTES, PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE N I S E T KENT H CONGHESS. rUBLIO NO. XXI AN ACT to authorize the btutc of l'ennsylvaiv ', 1 iv out av.d make a can il through the U 'itd StalCo' public ground, near the city of iilbluny h. BE it enacted by the derate and Hou?c of ii: escntafiv'' J :ht Ur.i'cJ S'atcs qfl 77; i ica, in Congress as3r:nbU'dt That the crnent of congress is iici cby given to the state of Pennsylvania, to lay o;t and make a canal throueh the Ut itc.i St 'tes' public ground, at the village oi Lj.-viciKW.lte, near J the city of Piasburgh: Pr.z .d , That, in laying out and making said ea. U, the said state, the engineers, artisans, or laborers, by j her employed, shall net interfere with, cr injure, any of the biiildings, iti;pnvc:ner.ts, or other works, erected, or that may hereafter be erected, by, or for the use of, the UV.ited States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That as a condition on which the assent of congress is given, wherever said canal shall cross am public or private road or highway, in said . ,:" ground, the state of Pennsylvania . ill cause bridges to be erected fit fur the issage of carts and waggons ; and forevei rhereaftei keep and maintain the said briu,:. s passable and in good repair, without reeuMig air. toll or tolls, or any other compensation whatever. JOHN W.TAYLOR, Sicakcr of the 11 ntse of Rt fircscntiitivcs. JOHN V. CALHOUN, Vice-President J the UniL'd States, and Preid-rtt rf the Senate. approved April 14, 18 J6. JOHN QUINCV ADAMS. From the Louisville Rubiic Advertiser. To the Editor, dated Washington city, Apiil , IS-6 Dear Sir Ytstcida) vjs one of tlic stormiest da;s eer witnessed in the house of rep-esentatives. On the day before, Mr. McDuffie made a long and powerful argument in dcienceof Ins resolutions. f gie the election ot president to the people. In replying to Mr. E.eretts defence of tho late etection of piesident, by the house of representatives, heiiecia rd t li-i t lip rniKlili'lci V. hlfi'-Ori hf--twecn Messrs. Adams and Clav, as one of the most audacious and conupt, which had ever disgraced this or atiy other country He reviewed the tpiarrel between Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay, and cn posed the vvho'e ground. He expressly disclaimed ; ny inten ion to charge conuplion upon those who ha 1 a.t :d .vi;h Mi Clay, remarking, th.it a oad u .u Irequently had infl'ten-. e over d men, ke M. Tiimb.e,oi Kv. took the floor yes-

terdav, and entered on a forma! defence of , condition He suit retains his original himself. He denied that gen J.vcks. n was stamp ol -.tilganty. and no ooe, who st es the choice of Mr. Ch.yN distiici ; stated nr hears him, can hesitate to conclude, that judge Clarke had been elected, who that he still belongs to his primitive order was Mr. Clay's friend over a J.vcksm can- the very lowest. Hut, sir, while I am didatc praised judge Claike for hisopi- determined that I will never voluntarily niunon the Ky. rep'evin laus; spoke of recognize as gentlemen, those with vyhom his, (Mr TV) gieat anxietv tor judge I have never associated, & never will asClatke's election; denied that Jackson sociate, in that light, by inviting them to was, or ever had been, the choice of his the field ; yet, should 1 be throw n into a distiict ; declared himself a candidate for defensive attitude, I would be willing, for re-election, and said, 44 let them come on once, to descend so far as to admit, roorwith 'heir Jackson candidate." In the pro- that they arc gentlemen, though, in uressnf his remarks, he replied to .Mr. Pint of fact, I do not believe that either M Dutlie with severity, and used the lol- them is entitled to that character lowing words " It I had voted for general ! Mr. Moore followed declared that In? J ukson. I should have been pointed at, k had been reluctantly dragged into the de-T it would have been said, there goes the bate, but, that justice to himself and to the thinking fclli.iv who offered the highest people, forbade him to he silent. He gave gift of tUe country, to the man who had a brief but clear history of the presidenslandcred thc militia of his state, and had tial contest in the west. He produced the rot thc magnanimity to take it back." trial of the officers whose conduct had Mr. Vance tallowed. When he sat dowo, been implicated in the affair at New-Or-

Moore, of Ky. Sc M'DufBe, both attempt- leans proved that gen Jackson's opinion j sustained. Mr. Huskisson's speech is edto get the floor the latter succeeded, ot the conduct of the Kentucky militia, said to have been very able, Jc completeHe said that he rose for the purpose of who fled at New Orleans, wasformecj on ly triumphant I making an inquiry of the gentleman from therefiort of their commanding officer The London Gazette of the 25th Yc Ky. (Mr. T.) That when language was that gen Jackson hud apptoved U.esjyi- biuary, announced no fewer than sixtyused on that floor, by a member of that tencc, by which tiny weic honorably aq- new bankruptcies, and four declarations house, that, by a teasenablc interpretation quitted that he had dons them cmplc of insolvency. may have a personal bcai ing upon another, justice in his parting general o;der, and France. The si'k manufacture is exit isdue to all parties, thai no doubt should transmitted his sense of their merits to ccecimply prosperous. The free trae'e be permitted to remain, as to the inten'ion posterity, in his life, written under his set of Great Britain, which has ruined her of the speaker. The gentleman from Ky. own eye. In shott, he satisfied uli, that o-vn manufacturers, tho' it protects them

speaker. 1 he gentleman horn Jvy. iadc us- of certain expressions, , from his, (Mr. M'D's ) posit ifcpjn j ibate, a majority of this o: any other I nan macic which, the debate, intelligent body, would suppose to be in1 tended to be applied to him pc pcrsonally ; and yet, the gentleman almost in the same breath, and repeatedly throughout his '"dbcen picked to speak of mm, as ins " friend from b. C." i he cxprcssions, to which he called the at ention ot the gentleman From Ky. arc, in substance, the following : u As he w ho swears to vhat he does n i know to be true, is adJUl,J l!1 !;nV' be Z"liY f VY I tic w no manes vt cnargc ot corruption which he cann. i prove, is a lalse caitim-hiiitix-." The ; !) letnan also alluded to a supposed opiiii.-n oi sir iobt. Walpoic, that "ohisteiiib' ,;ti its who, in making the charge of e. i s j.tion, judged of others by the standard v their own purity, were the ncrsons most easily coirunied " He

then alluded, in a strain of figurative su- j :.on, to wit . to vtt Uc eieetion ft JaVbliiuitv, to thcfiral late of the caiumniu- j dent t he pt ( ; !f. ; .v.d, (jii the s (J)' 1,

tor, when he shall be delivered over to heaven's hangman, and w hipped around the vast circumlVm:ce Now, sit, I desire to know ot tire gentleman torn Ky. w hither he will or 'wl! not, explicitly and unequivocally, diel.im any intention to app'y these offensive allusions to me pci - sona.'.y. ... . ' , .... 1101 icnu to cnarge nmi w in c.rruptH)t.. e din not intent to cnai ge iir. M'lhdTie wnh being a calumniaK-r I desi' e, (said he) first to know, wni'.her the ienth. tnan from S. C. intended to charge me with corruption ? Ur. M D. then aked if Mr. T. heard his rcoi.t: k-.i vesterd y, relative to the secie'a.v of suite aiid hi.-, friends ? Mr. T replied, ti-:.t !:ad t'Ot lu a them all, but had?rv.-.der ic-od that some of them were verrQ!:$:iv o. Mr. M-i). then resumed.-- . Cl'u man, I have seldom knovvn no.iei' ;.o )d to grow out ot explanation, and it n;.d perhaps, been better, if I had not asked i-r.y, but adopted at once, the course wiiicli i ha e determined to puisne. Now, sir, wish it, in the li. st place, to be distinctly j understood by the s-crela! of state, that j I atn fully apprized of tir. g.'-.i.. l-.e ii ' jilaying, tho he skulks b-.-l'i; d ;!ie sccres, , and shrinks from tr.e io !!ruiion of his own honor S: chai uctet , e e i ) hodv kn ns thar itiilie who mes too wires in this who! e opei a ion. It he hopes to prevent h:s darinjr (icreiictisn me ft !0) exnosniii of principle, and shancleis defiance. of pu!;!ic opinion, by eo'nmissioning his nrinions,and ten's, aial ur.dcrstrappet s, to vindicate his putiiy,by ins)!ence k scurrility, on this iloor, he has entirely mistaken his mm If he desires to involve me in a pet Swisa! controversy, hoping that the is-uc may effect the sitne object, he must n t expect su h a controvcisy to result liom any ii.vitati!;ii of mine, until he selects ' to do his t.n aixls.' those who have at ,cabt semblance of gentle Ii v. 1 1 -The member from Ohio, ( Mr. Vance.) I has told the committee, with u boasting ; air ami emphasis, that l;e came lrom the ! very lowtt order of society sir, he need t nu n - i ot nave loui us mat me lact is tomato parent to have escaped the most unciisV '"'mating observer It is equally obv iosf that he has not yet, in the slightest dcgree, changed ms destiny or mipiovcd ms

own eye. in siiott, nc satisluu uu, that the objection was without fi und..,u n After tome icma.ks, in rt laiir-ti to the subject g ne rally, he re?ci Mr. Ti in bit's

words, stinkir.gftll'.nv, fctc. Mi. 1 r;mb'e piomptSy disavowed thv m, at.ddcr a red hat he hed no intcniiou to leilect upon his colleagues, Sec. Mr. Ileniy followed, at lcri;h, k more in detail. ted in the w st, in stippoit of Mr. Ch?)

the explosion of the c p:t:i :a ct the iU''e ciples Much d s?uibai.ce has taken of Kertntk), by the i' .islaiuu, a'.r! hr.u- pi,cc in arious province? ; but in jtnedh d M: iiin.hhV -..- -gfcllirS vc- Ia;, iiie ro?al forces had succeeded in

ry adroitly and cir e:n: Ac(ti;iiiitcd, a- I h this senc, it i.a- (. .s i :i.e ittM s in p.. st ii.tu l lie uk crest ; ai.f.U . 5'K.Um i .uk: nitiiilY v.;ca lion ot yen. Jaek-i :j, b", v i " 'epu'stntatits, Iv'm;i c lit :n y, u 11 cted cirdit t- not. ic oi ui.u t;.vi. sicitc. A'i iiic Ri n t-cky d'. t j;;t'"M,n. (e::crp::rrp: which pjo.it cs lor vuiing unifoim!) ' y disu icis, Mcisi s W ickiilTe. II m , J;;s. Johnson. .Mo -it, V. Jolniboo j; I. err mptt , voted in u.e atlinnali. c. It is a maitt-r tf some s.:;.;ise, that tiie.se trentlenun who voted iurMr. Adams, should have voted lot to- fust resolution. Up to the hour of voiing, they weie lcgaidcd i.s extren.' iy hosiiie to themeusuie. 1 hey ae vr ;d n hae sent Ik;;..c .oads of M:. rr--' speech against al! ui c-.u'.n.-. :.ls ; el, finally, all ol thoi voted ijr t! '- rt uiution, nd Mi. F. J.du.bS'ii lor bo ;i ! Di'Veunl reaoiib have been assigned litre, hir this i course. Some iups:ose that, b uevinvMkp j firt itso.uihm t.iii.u t(T'ccui thiisj; AtTI. out t..e secoi.u, thev henrd to mill ihe. pcupiv by liicir vole - n cicfiiit, and'fhtei d to xole uirMnst rnv nron-asilion. w iiich v. uiiid take the election on' o'; the house ot representatives. Mr. Adams is known to bo hostile io the change, and it h said, that no effort will be spaied, to intow the eleetii i epi esentatives. liiiow the eieetion a-ain on the house of ...r..vn... 'FROM NII.KS' WEEKLY 11EGISTEK J FuiUKix xivs. Ureal lirnuin iS Ireland j he iuhoiiiig classes in England ate distressed btjoud precedent. It may be believed that several hunched thousand persons hae been thrown outol employment, and m .my were in want of bread 1 i Gieat excitions ucie m'rfkiiur to relieve o them, but the ajir: eate heio needed was fi r biyct.u the means of supply, unless, ii.di.td. veiy spating'y i he silk manufacture! a seem to i.ave been almost ail

crushed by - Ii ee trade." Many ol the spir c v has existed for a long t;ti t, s. t,e woollen weavers were literally s'arving, 1 B 5, under uiff; vert name d 'l.alit though the supply of bvead stt.ffs is un- had been resob. - d to yssavv,,., y,e commonly large, Sc the prices moderate, emperor, which aas prtvcnuo , . I -s sudThe miii:aiyuie ficquentiy used tokep den death The whole plot is '-..id to be dow n the people. 1 ho manulactuiin discovered Alexar der, Constantine md districts in Ii eland arc sufTei ing as iipn Nicholas weie to, have hten asassinbtetl as those oi England k Eveiy weaver in ln t,c s,an,e (ia? different panics of Kiiiktnny" is said to be iule. , the band, six for each, as Paul, their faThe London Mm, ol ihe evening of the ! thcr, was killed ; and one of the r putcd 9th Maich, rema ks In the house of; agsass'ms of the latter, Michael OiitfF, commons last night, a ci-crai feeling was ;asat the head cf the whole tfT rr '1 he S 11

expressed, tnai ti.e assistance an t any aiforded by the bank of Eoglar.d had pioduccd symptoms of reviving confidence. Opinion on which confidence is mainly founded, may indeed be excited by the expectation of ialutary relief by advances from the bai k, but we have no idea that they have yet been of any sufficient extent and magnitude, to produce effecting extrication of the merchant or the manufacturer. It appeals, by what fell lrom Mr. Huskisson, that the application from Manchester, came ui dcr thc consideration of the bank diiectois on Friday 7ffi?3c from Glasgow on Saiuiday, and froTft Leeds and other places, at the beginnn $ of the present week Relit f, it seems, has not, so far as is yet known, been iequired either by any eminent im tenants, speculators or bankers. Master manufacturers, holding unsaleable stocks, yet desirous of still giving employment to the manufacturing population, ha c been the individuals to whom relief has principally been afforded. Certainly, r.o class of the community has stronger claims on the country for assistance. The silk question has been fully discussed in the house of commons, & the new regulations introduced by Mr. liushisson

omj manuiac turers, tho it protects them with a duty of thirty per cent, has given much l:!e and activity to these of France, It sppeais That there ha ' been nurue-

icub .i ; ttis it. Pans J i . sfTair is but casu .li) n entioi td ; but it i aid that the nun Ur ol puscnersis so gift that the Conciereiie and prison de 'a Force, are quite failed, ur.d I CO have been icmoved to Iiicetie. S.ain is filled with insurrectionary prinpicuy rpcedil) quelling them. All pers ns tukt n psisoners were shot. The end. l.ovt rv - r, is i ot yet Sit Fittlciick Lamb, the British ministcr at Madrid, after having for some r. on hs lemaincd a quiet spt ctator of evcr.fi, hasiecentl) exercised an aciveinfi 'Kdii the prrceedirsoi ?he bp. rish c' .ret. lie ' a.-. stui-gl ttjjcd the icV !.. i - i t ( t Scuth Atneiican ii depi i.ee, ir,d it v as run orcd that such an acknou kiigir.ci t was rn v eve of being rub:iv,d The St ai . h cabinet is sr.:- to : c v finer i ; d y ?I d'eatl of a patno 11 rtonti ei; n ; ss. '1 he arguments oi the Uiiiish mh.istcr have likewise b en pre: (t. forced by apj , t ht nsi. ns for the safety oi Cuba. P 1 1 Kico. (he C an; ies, and the Phiilipint is ata's The bpanish n inist-t, 1 '.uver,atc anxious to cbtain son e rot;i.'crvi!ii ..r y. ( r.iaiy sacrifices from the .u'! Ate.e.ie; governments. Oflic;a' ' olice l as been given hat Algerir.e cc sairs attack all Sp i.isb vessels. Russia Extract rf from St. W tersburgn, I r p...-: ' . :S e eemmissn o ttie investigation of the c I'etet bburh, was on the 9 : uvate letter uary 14 A '. harged with piracy at St. the month laid bctore ti e emperor aim?, by general nieuitscli. 1 o this report was ai.ntxed a list ot the conspirators, poin'ir ir out also the grcatct or h ss degree (d !-.eir guilt, 1 i,c 1 ml' r" apjieaied a emely de- ; pressed on tliat day the u i dresi of his ! chaiacter rcc oi edat the v e: -ures of exut oii; btveiiiy v.iiicn me t rcun s anccs i require. On the 18th, hov ever, S -s ma- ; jesty called an extraoidinary council t f his ministers, and communicated to th rn tho , report in question Thecoum il t as unanimously of opinion, that the safe r t f the state demanded prompt justice, bi exemplary punistiuunt ol the conspiiators, especially ot those who wcfl taken with . arms in their hands. One account mentions that it ?s cspect ed 4o0 officers will be cxecuud ! f t is stiong'y reported that this conpapers, relating to it, were loued in the possession oi the princess Trcubetskoi, at St. Petersburg, who was ar tested. A republic was to have been proclaimed. Sc Orloff was to have been the chief ofitJ Much speculation exists about the journey of th duke of Wellington to St. Petersburg ar d b'. cause, that, in thc king of England's speech, the affairs of Russia were not at all alluded to. Greece. The rumors from this country so much contradict one another, that it is, perhaps, best to let them, generally pass for the present. On the whole, however, they are very favorabU to the cause of liberty and right. These are some cf them Ibrahim pacha is said to have lost 2CCO men in his attempt ejn Acrata. Colocotroni had carried Trippoliza bv storm. The fight and slaughter was dreadful the castle was burned down, with all the Egy ptians Sc negroes from Uarfourin it, in retaliation of cruelties by them com-, mittcd. Thirty six christian cfficeis were taken, and spared by the Greeks for the present they v?ete to be matched ftom village to vilhge, to be exhibited as scoundrels. Missolonghi held out gallantly. The Egyptia.ni lately lost eigh

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