Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 17 June 1826 — Page 1

WE3TEKN SUN & GENEBAL AB1&EBT1SEE

BY EL1HU STOUT. VlNCENNES, (INU) : SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1820. Vol. 17. No. 18.

1

J

V3

THE IVESTEILW SUX,

IS published at Two Dollars and TITTY CENTS, for Fifty-7vo Mimbcrs, vhich may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time j of Subscription, Payment in advance being the mutual interest of both partie6,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 on business must be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary terms. fCF" Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must bo paid for accordingly. (By Authority.) LAWS of the U. STATUS, TASiED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINKTEENTH CONflHEsS PUBLIC NO XXXIII J AN ACT nias.:i& further pro-won for the extinguishment of the debt due to the linked States, by the put chasers of Public Lands. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of R fit est utatives of the United States of Airerira, in Congress assembled, That the j rr visions of the act, entitled An act to proi ic for tnc extinguishment of the debt due t the Un ted S.-tes, by the purchasers of ! ;! ),! La ids," approved May lth, Jr .'4 ; and the pro.is.ons of the act, entitled " An act expl matory of an act, entitled an art to provide for the extinguishment of the ciebtjtlue to the United States, by the purchasers of Public Lands," approved May the J6th, 18 J4, be, and the same are hereby. severally rev i .eu ami comma: u la us ee, m nev v i any icmvv. all respects wh: Jal , Ui7. tatsoevtr, ulndthe 4th day of Sec. 2. And be it firth r enacted. That the legal holder of any certificate of lands purchased from the United States, which, lands ha- reverted, by ir;ne of the provisions of v.v: act of the 2d of March, 1821, or the s- . ial acts supplementary t'nereto ; or which, virtue of the fifth section ot the act of 10th 'of May, 1800, is subject to be sold for the balance due thereon, with interest, or which, under the provisions of the said act, lias become forfeited to the United Slates, k since the first dry of July, 1820, and which has not been sold, shall be permitted to redeem the same, at any time previous to th.: firt day of May, 182? on paying the amount f the purchase money flue, exclusive of interest, with a deduction of "7 percent. Sec. 3. And be it further t nac tt d. That if the leg d holder of any cer.inc.de of further credit, extended to purchasers of public lands, by the act of the d of March, 1821, entitled ' An act for the relief of the purchasers of Public Lands, pn.r to the rust day of July, 18 JO," shall, previous to the 4ih day of July, 1HJ7, discharge the amount due on such certificate, by relinquishment, or payment, cr both, such holder shall be entitled to a remission of all interest due thereon, at the day of such discharge, together with a deduction of 37 J per cent, on the amount actually paid, y.x cash. JOHN W.TAYLOR, Sfieakcr cf the Iljuxe if Rt preventatives. JOHN C. CALHOUN, Vice-President f the United Stute, and President cf Hit Senate. jupproved Mw 4, 1826. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. fpUBLIC NO XXXI V ." AN ACT to alter the times ci holding the Circuit courts of the United htates for the District of "New-York, and the April term of the Circuit court for the DUuict of Connecticut, BE it enacted by the Senate and IEute cf Representatives of the United S:utes cf Axwrica in Congress assembled, 1 'hat from and after the tirst day of July next, the Cirv cuit courts of the United States for the Dis-

' trictofNew York, shall commence and be f X M held at the City Hall of the city of NevvX York, on the last Mondays in May and Octobcr, instead of the times heretcfoi e establishf edbylaw. And the Circuit court of the UT nited States for the District of Connecticut, 1 holden at New-Haven, shall be held on the J last Wednesday in April, instead of the tune I heretofore established by law. Sec, 2. And.be it further enacted. That all indictments, informations, suits, or actions, J and pnceedings cf every kind, whether of a I V civil or criminal nature, pending in the said

L courts respectively, on the tirst day oi July

next, shall thereafter have day m court, and be proceeded in, heard, tried, ana determin- . 1 , i :.,...! r...,

f ed, on the uays nerem ajjijoiuicu, jui uvjumg I the said courts respectively, in the same manner as they might and ought to have been ' fone. had the "said courts been holden res-

f pectively on the days heretofore directed by law.

Sec. 3. -And be it further enacted. That all writs, suits, actions, or recognizances, or other nroceedinirs, which are or shall be in-

stituted, served, commenced, had, or taken j to the said Circuit courts, or either of them, I to have been holden as heretofore directed by

law, snail be returnable to, entered in, heard, appropriated, tor the compensation ana ninetried, and have day in court, in each of the age, granted by law to the members of the said courts respectively, to be holden at the Senate ami House of Representatives, and

times by this act directed, in the same manner as might and ought to have been done, had the said courts been holden at the times heretofore directed bv law. JOHN V. TAYLOR, SjiCakcrcf the Home of Representatives, j JOHN C. CALHOUN. ; Vice-President of the United Sia('ad President of the S".nat V APPROVED ?Iav 13, 1826. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. (punLic NO. xxxv 3 AN ACT authorizing the pavim ...t of interest due to the State of Man land. BE it enact id by the Smate .ind House cf Representatives of the United Statts cf Amniea, in Congress assembled. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to liquidate and settle the claim of the State of Maryland against the United States, for interest upon loans on moneys borrowed, and actually expended by her for the use and benefit of the United States, during the late war w ith Great Pn ituin. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That in ascertaining the amount of interest as aforesaid, due to the State of Mai viand, the following rules shall be understood as applicable to, and governing the case, to witfeFirst. that iutei est shall not be computed V am sum which Man land has not expciidea for the use and benefit of the United States, as evidenced by the amount refunded or repaid to Maryland by the United states ; Second, that no interest shall be paid on any sum on which she has not paid interest ; 1 bird, that, when the principal, cr any part oi !i. nas ueeu oaui oi i aanoco uv uiu v.. iuc e Ui eel States, or money plaeeu m the hanci.s oi Maryland, for t!u't purpose, the interest on the sum or sums so paid or refunded, shall cease, and not be considered as ehar;caiile to the Unite.! States, any lonrer than up to the time ot to.- repayment, as at:;n Sec. li.d be ' ft r enu:ed, at. i ieit iiH.d, the amount ot" the interest, w-n a a as aforesaid, shall !e paid out of any moaey m the Treasury, not otherwise appr,-priated. JO. . I'AVii-jii, Speaker cf the i-i:-e of Uir.sen.atii r. j, ., -u " , VI ice-J resident of ihr t n-.'td cv;-, uW 7.. " , j . ...... v JOHN C. l vLliOUN AprnovED Mav li, 18. i. JOHN OUiNCY ADAMS public no. xsxvi AN ACT to authorize a subscript'on for stock, on the part of the ladted State, in the Louisville and Portland Canal C anipanj. BE it enacted c ih S:note and Hjnir cf Representative.: rff 'ie United S'at.s fAvicriea in Cungreas assembled. That the Secretary tf the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to subscribe for, or purchase, in the name, anil for the use of the United States, not exceedmg one tun ie t'viw. V, and tot sand shares, of the capital stock of th. lsville and Portland Canal Company pay for the same, at such tunes, and in such proportions, as may be required of, and paid bv ether stockhohkrs of said company, out ot anv monev in the i reasurv n. t ot!ierwi,c appropriated : Provided, said shares can be procured tor a sum not exceeding one uundi ed dollars each. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of Me Treasury shall vote tor the President and Directors of said Company, according to such number oi snares, and shall receive, upon the said stock, the proportion of the tuils v hu.h shall, from tiu.e to tune, be due to the L ailed btate.,x-lor lK siiares aforesaid. -rac'ed, TlVct Sec. 3. And be it further er ties act shall not go into c fleet, until ore or more competent engineer or engint ers, in tne service of the United States, shall examine the ground on which said canal is proposed to be constructed, and make a report in vvntixg to the Secretary cf War, that in his opinion, the plan upon which the canal is to be constructed is practicable, v that ti e sum hereby authorized to be vested in the subscription, or purchase of stock, will be sufficient, together with the sums alread) paid, or to be paid, upon the stock subscribed for, and owned by indiv iduals, to complete the canal, according to said plan. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of 100,000 dollars shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury of the United States, not otherwise appropriated. JOHN V. TAYLOR, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. CALHOUN, Vice-President (f the United States, and Phident of the Senate. approved Mav 13, lSJo. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. frunuc NO XXXVIIAN ACT makiag further appropriation for compensation and linkage to the members

of the Senate and House of Representatives. BE it mated bv the Senate and House

of Representatives f 'the United States of America in Congress assembL d, 1 hat the sum of 150,000 dollars be, and the same is hereby, Delegatt s f Territories ; and mat the same be paad out oi money m the 1 r ivary, not othermae appreri tied JOHN Y. TAi'LOR, Sieaker of the Haic of Repnt.niativcs. john c. calhoun, Vice-President of the T.6 d States, and Presidency ttie Senate. approved May 13, 13C6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. FROM NILKS WKl.KLY REGISTER 3 A Cllsls On: 111! tl f I sem ore S lclt 1 a 1 1 01 e a day or ;wu air.u. tvholi; la den with domestic cott ....b, ( several hun drtd bales Jy lot Mexico in which v e most sinccitiy wis.i hei a sate. spfdy ai rival; because that a. on accr.uut oi the kaboniiiiab!e tarilf," we tunu-h course c o jou o-. tis far chtuper th. n the Ii:stish, u John Butl''):b extitevl hm s if in .i x ico, as he did in Utieuus Ayreh and in Fciu, lo cause the levy ol a neavy piuhru lory duty upon them, that finer yo nhfk ol British inanufactme, may be consumlf in that populous tepub.ic It was a lh - -till crifcis" to see 10 or 15 dsays "a.' in a row," laden tith the products ol air oivi toomsy lor the u;piy of a foreign market 1 from late Paiis papt ra, received ai Y. Yjrk. Great Britain and Ireland. Dtspaiehes ot i.ie most s.'t factory chaiacter," weie received I rem the duke ol Yv cl Huston on the, 25th ot Mau.h. l wo kind's niessenrers iun e been dt " patched by Mr. Curinin o lord Pontonby, 'who i3 wuiiin,; at P'ymoutha fivcaable wit.d, ludspurt lor IJu nos A;, r 1 he Giobe rbseives, t'nat nod' . '''at hnpoitjt.ce is auached to the wd-.miiof oi u Pi. nsonby, in.on ipn.nro o! tnc (!esiic oi me lneai di cabinet to th war bwtwten tnc Brazils and iiuinos Aytes at an e;u!, v; hicii so btuousiy affects iiuis'i commerce. The Li)j.;iish journals sp..-ak of great di soniet s iu JreL.ud at uie v, o')dfosd lair Not viihstandimr the intervention of their V 'ho P,otesianrs and Catholics ' ,, , . r , .. , soiled to aeis ot violence, ul vvinchtlie re : ec clesiastics were the first victims. A I are fpianti'.y of unemployed monev is said to be in London, but confnler.ee was not yet taifhcienlly ii-stosed to v it ciiculation. Some of the bankini; houses hadresumtd payment Mr. liothscfdUl had made arrangements to impiut e;o!d into LnIand, to the amount of 250,, 00. weekly Accounts froro A'txvdii i, state t'nat the Kntjlish constd lias at length interfered io prevent the ships of this country irom assisting io the convcyai'.cc of miiitary and warlike stores from Eeyptto Greece; lie has publicly announced, that, I I s ny oiacrs received irom his itovei nine!.'. ail vessels arc prohibited from cenvevir,.: i j warlike stores Irom L pt. ' " 1 iW.-frdistmen:'s for the pacha of ! , . 1 , P'Pt U CV n,:ikl.: ance. nud mur.y officers in his service were about to dp-m ti.nn Marstil.cs at which pkr a! v, bi armed vesscis ueref. :i or on i i t .e p cha. The duke of Oi cans, how v ci , had given 5, CCO francs o ;ui chas.e proviso.. ,s . tot t!ie g:u is, ;, ol ?Ii.-olong!ii. Kf.u ivtiayitlc us n t in a eorrlatc of licalih, but d-. es wi apptait t?iave been daogeious'y ib. ..v u iw, u. i -'j.uui, tc;,i into effect on the 5ih of it nsohibits the inn oductir n, lot c- r.sumpiion j in France, of the products ol Alrica, Asia ' and America, from the tntrepotsoi Gieat Britain It is said that a new treaty is to be form- : cd between France and Spain, by which the occuptfiation of the latter will be pro

longed lor several years. In the French chamber of deputies, March 25th, petitions were presented irom Paris and from Havre, for a moie effectual prohibition of the slave trade. A member stated that more than HO yes sels had been fitted out for this trade from Nantz within a year; and that French slave vessels, when pursued, threwMheir inrev,NiieiT slaves overboard ! Spain. A letter from Cadiz most deplorable picture of Spain. "Cc merce has fled her shores and the intcr or lies waste and uncultivated, the miser able inhabitants of which are found dead in the fields." x A letter from Barcelona, dated March 19th, says that anew treaty has been entered into between France and Spain, according to which the French will remain for several years in possession of Barcclona, Cadiz, Paropeluru, Sec.

The early recognition of the indepen dence of the new states, by Spain, is spoken of probably, that the aiuable colonies w hich arc k it may be rttained to the toother country. V",. Pur, ugal Lisbon Sc the whole country enjoy the most peslcct tranquility. Seine say the quien dowager, w nl inhabit the chateau d'Ajuda, with the whole royal family. Others say, it is hei intention to spend some months in Madrid, with her biolher Ferdinand She has recognized the iegtnc),anu its acts are in the name ol Don Pedio ussia -The funeral reremonh s of the lau cmpcioi or Russia, were 6nished wittiout any disturbance Some movement was appiehendcd as the police were on the a ct t and guard wcte called out -The we k preceding the ceremony a careful inspection was made of the subterranean apu iments of the cathedra', to discover w hether any powder had betndepos ited there. I lie empire appears to uc en tirely travquil, though there arc son e rumoi s to n c C(U"i a. E:tr ci I u pri. c ie'ter from Moscow, dat-d U 28th Fvbruyy. !P26: 44 T: e u dy o tae 'itc n pen j :: .sed th' ot v,h his p-.ce las: v ( ek 1 l. cnCv s i ) 1 1 v. ,-; a mile and a qn.iier t e, Sc v.-as a-; ii. .ut and fiv iv.iro;ei i. p s-.i g. ''"! ocder of the procession w. this . li s1 casiu hudy cl trumpeti : . ounc'ir so emn bljst , . very minute ; then came a vqt: luror, of . ;i v ai v, loil'vv ea bv filty-Tv. o

muses, covcieil " itn ;lav k thrfi, e&cu ! ai!!;r tlc a:msot th.e scpaac gov.'inn en's displaced on their sid s ; uf'er theso w as led a horse l ichly capai lsoned, called tin Horse of Joy,' and then followed a warrior in amcur .f go?d, named 'the Hi i aid of Joy; imn edia'ely afiei Jiinx came anoti er warrioi in bh;ck ai moufllelinated 4 the He? alii ol Mourni l ,..ov. ed by a hor -t similat iy caparisoned, ami tailed the II -sol Mouming;' the 0 dcr of th.e two waniois in the procession being icveised Then hm'owd the priests, to the number of abom. :v; thousand, dressed in tnc: sac era a lobes. Sc mauv of them heating tunudids ; after these ecclesiasiies, wa catried a large gohLn lantern, co tairirtg a i nmLer of candle.'?, a, cmhh m t f liht ; then followed the iros, & itttiwuiils a poi trait 01 Hu VumnMry; next in ordei came the funeiai cir (on whirh the coffin, rn-taii-in th. i r 1 it the deceased c pe or, was jla a (l, decorated with flesh ro'vc.d s.iim cnniii. and ostrii ! fca J hei & highly oinami ntcd with sil ei . and dr wn by eight horses Numbi is of generals and other officeis followed the car. and the wlune piotession was c osed by several region, nts of so'diers " Prom the Pacfr Ye learn that the ofr.ee is and crewsof tin U Hale- qodio:i weie all well. Mr. Ihimfli ev . purser of the Peacock- died onXlif lO'.hof Mat ch. l 'a,:. 1 hv.is b. il reto-'i dto Lima, :nd was ieiee:i it ihe n;M -0 t tul ma'-r.rt It w ;is sid that he w a id . i. : e u r Coj h !i.b:a Ins wot k . :. -rj ,- C-U: op.es a woi In oppta :. l:d''. rtl iel' Px ru l . the Htri.th liig i l -o: . t he it!:eral ro gre hd ic ened its sess;o! at Panuina, bu m s' o' the deputu -. In,, t. ti e S. Amtiican states, had a.-ivcd. it (! .i nch snv'c'v was manifest ed o know wi.vthcr the U. States would I senu commissioners. The Kennebec Ba k which has hern j in a totteting eo: ciiiion lr some time past, : susp-eiiiieii pay inent on isionuay last, -May 1 5th. Jat Int. Letters from Havana, of the 1 1 th Apnl have been icceivt d here, which state i at cn that day the John Adams sailed from that plaie, for the pmpcsr of 'anding Mr. William, ur Charge oAffairs to the Ctrrrai Rt pub ir. With regiet we learn, also, that t t? sn ail pox and varioloid were both mevailinc- to a p-reat extent on hnarrl seveial of the cssels of our -qu?dron. i war Jour, I ' Mr Mercer gaye notice before t: e II. adjourned, that he shou'd this m : ning move for a call of the House; an: Mr. U'tems of Maryland, also trave notice 'hat he shou'd move to record on the Jon nal, the names of the rnrmbers who have tffrawti their full pay, and ahsenw t themselves without leave of the House lb, Bv several arriia s at N York. French and Enirlish papers to a late t'av have been ieceied. The Lot don d, e e to the 19th of AptiUand the Pari u. ! 7th. The most impoitant intelligence they contain is the fall of Missthnghl, a'tera most determined resistance cn the part of