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WESTERN SUN h BENEBALADRTISER.;

BY F11I1U STOUT.l VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, APRIL Si, 183 Vol. 18. No. li.

V X

THE n -'ESTEHM XUX,

and

bers

IS pubished at Two Dollars

which may be discharged by the payment of T WO DOLLARS at the time of subscription.

Payment in advance ucmg uio -ntiercst of both parties, that mode is sofailure to notify a wish to discontin- j

uc at the expiration oi uic u ..v, uuscribed for, will be considered a new CnNo5sCubscribcr at liberty to discontinue until all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage of Iheir papers sent by mail. Letters by mail to the Editor on business mast be paid, or they will not be attended to. Advertisements inserted on the customary termvSO-Pcrsons sending Advcrtiscments, must specify the number oi times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, am. must be paid for accordingly. Important from Colombia.

IW the schooner Eliza Piggot, Davis, arrived ai Pmiadelplua, Mr. Sanderson, ot

the Coffee House, has received a letier ca

ted Laguyra, March 1 3th, on which ihc rr,llowinir is an CXtiaCt :

1 enclose you the hrst copy ot the hicii il is intended

to publish at Caracas. ou wul therein find that the Grand American lede-ation is spoken of. Uoiivar's resignation is also therein. His resignation is, however, only to pave the way lo place himsell a step luVhcr, as there is liule doubt that four months will not elapse, belore there ,;m a union o( Peru, Colombia, ana

Bolivia, and Ilolivar appointed President for life." . . D The project of a union oi liouvia, t cru, and Colombia, is highly applauded in the - Lira." The cause ot unet ty in general is not likely to be advanced by the confederation of military republics; but it is generally supposed tiuu any kind o government is" preferable to anarchy. Abdication of the Liberator. IIkad Quart ns. Caiaccas, Fcbt uat y t, 1 S -T. To his Excellency the Piesuknt of the honorable body of toe senate: Mn-tT-Kxcellrnt .S';r In no tea mer circumstances husthcauiho-.'UY ot congress been oi such necessity m toe republic as at this present period in whirh eve i mmd has been disturbed, and llu wn.ne naium

agitated by internal commotions. Called by your Excellency to take th

1 f T . . , . vt rny n mv flefenCC:

I e:iaiiiiiviui A3 n i v , ...j . t and, in fact, one oi many exceptions can effect nothing against the experience ot

the world, which has always been oppics

; - 1 ,i n - ... 1 i ii - sponge the people out of a good quantity lars produced, collected and distributcd ol money; and my second icason was annually ; from five to ten appointments"" to wait a short time, and instead of giving, made daily, some ol them are often very

two doilais, give only twcn.y five cents. . important and most ol them excite com

sed bv the powerful. I sigh, between the - Though my first reason did not weigh a sidcrable competition ; an equal number distresses of my fellow citizens and the teathe, . my wife's opinion, my second, ot complaints against post masters are l n," r! which .waits me in the iudg which had a bearing upon her parsimony, ; daily investigated and decided.

sentence which awaits me m the juug

r I tYiiu(lf ntn aware

i.,t t n J nnr frrn Imni ambition : and, save the 9 75 cents Accordingly alter

induced her to defet the purchase, and

WASHING ION, March 14,

Insolvent Laws A final disposition,

.1 t virirtR mvseif waiting a toi tnielu, I bought one at sec-

from the crasp of that fuiy, to hee my ond hand lor tvNcnty cents, and hastened we leatn, was made yesterday in the su-

fellow citizens from all inquietude, and to nome 10 picsem u ...jr e nr, uft mv death that reputation elated it was the most acceptable

that I had cer made her.

who de- ni-f.me court, ol the various ouestions a-

prcscnt, ; rising under the state insolvent laws,

which have been so repeatedly argued,

secure atter my death that rcpulati.

I . . Iw. ortitlrrl I r Inr niV 7i al ltl

the cause of liberty. With such senti- 1 he next ihing was to summon togetn- anci so ong under advisement. 1 he re-

t. I rpnnunrp. nfr:, am afdin. the cr ail ti)C oiu women anu juuiigniaiu, . sun 1S, max wncre uie coniracus niaao

t(iviii.a, a , - O . . . . . : I , . . .1 i ... . -i J. i .

Piesidcncv of the republic. Congitss her acquaintance, to coiibmmv; a i.uubu , 5UDScqucni to me law anu is maae oe-

and the nation must receive this audicau- noi oi nee .uasu.um ... ; iicuuuiu.3 u

on as irrevocable. Nothing will be able As 1 am always icay to promoit mt., cxlsts, a discharge under such a law is a tooblire me to continue in the public scr- wishes of the fair, I proposed to convert ; var,d defence : sa!so, it made with a civice to which I have aheady dedicated a large antichamber of oui 's into a Lodge tizeno' another state, if such citizen shall t lad leS, i-liimvc trv sii!1 !inrt tliP i niiC!' rirr.-ffl t r

entire lite, ivna now inav ine m- 1 v-vjiw ,ji - . w vv " i

w hich monosition me: tnc appiooauun ui uuiirment, m the courts ol the slate w ht re

.... - . j .

umph ot liberty has placed this subiimc right within the enjoyment of c cry one, shall I alone be deprived ot it? No:

The congress and the Colombian people are just ; they will not compel me to an

ignominious dese tion.

all ; th.n telhng the ladies 1 must leave them to manage Masom y agreeably to Morgan's rules, and repair to Main's Halfand attend to it myself agreeable to

Few are the days the principles ot me iraterimy , i mau

w hich now remain to mc ; more than two thirds of my existence bus alieady passed; let me, theiefote, be permitted 10 await a peaceful death in the obsturc silent retreat of my paternal residence. "My sword and my heart v. ill, nevertheless, he alwas with Colombia, and my last sighs

wiil ascend to hcav en in prayers

continued prospci ny. I pray, tlicrefore, congress and my fellow citizens, lo confer on me. the title of jirivate citizen. God guard vour Excellency. I bIMON liOLIVAR.

Troubles in Canada A BuOalo paper of the 1 2th inst. s.tys u Fot several days p?t thee Invc beffj aiarming ieports in circulation, of commotions in our neighbet mg j.sov'mce of Upper Canada. A ast number of the inhabitants of the province wis! come within the opvration of the alien law. It '.you Id appear tna l! V arc rest.ivcd not to submit (oil; and It is reported that liberty poh-s, .i wnu h '.ere disuayed the Aoeii ao T v . v e b-. ti raised in several p! ce3. hi Yor:. a liberty p !e v. a- raised, and t!e .v,-i .:'i

riav v? aved, o-.' it, whin

capitol. It "as

the v-ovenmient party

was then collected from the neighboring

wei e then

. i i i i r. 1 1

my exit. Alter the lvxigc ciosiu, i id in with a gentleman trom the westward, who informed me that Morgan had come to life again ! This intelligence filled my mind with so much compassion for the disappointment it would infuse into the bosoms of the She Masons, that 1 un-

tor her guatdediy ami uncom teousiy burst into

their Lodge, exclaiming Morgan is come lo site again ! But such a sight Mr. J you never saw. Alter recovering troin the confusion ot hceing so many ladies in

their dish habiliments. I sung out in toe language ol Ft-ss-nden.

I he eonuene dresses tor a nail

So thin, she's hai d.y di essed at ail, A thing to Yankees quiie distressing, Because it h aves no ioom for guessing, As hovv tSie df-ar ange:ic dra..;n Would looU, without a single rag o !" NU.MrS. B;;vt-;n. Feb. 29.

L'.' plain wi;icb liit - nas

,rv, March 0 The Hamilton,

i:k. !, wi.ich vi'iivcl yv stCi'day,

. ; 1 1 . ' i.j ii ' i ..is.i

th.ri h i iia recv

e enacts, i

ppeci! s

p? omptlv

put do v '. i'.y -ar:re fotce'

count rv, and. the pole

; aisv d.

and Ha

-s

Tho-e mnv be cs i,ro:c! ated re-

11.. ...,,.-.,- i i

IS l IvSIUtlil

e ic-

o.i'h of ofllee,

nnb.ir. I univ.d at tnc capilau

was spcednv su.nmwneu t the depait- : in, ntsof ancient Venezuela Fom Bog- j ota m tids cit I have issued decrees, so j important that I m he bold to declare it j of the greatest moment that your r.cii- j lency shoird cad the attention ol cong ( ros'to them, and request that body, h om : me, to fake them into the.r whe considei - ;

If 1 have overstepped the oouno .

I pot ts : but we think there is something to I make them out of."

The ship Lafnyettr, which arrived at

York on the oistof March, was

jt ; o l on toe ; 2n ; i hree d tvs later Bj he su ijoineU tiui- some turther

imnrtutit vu'ees.sv ha. t: been obtained bv the Cirevhs, at.cl h a t the insui ieciio iu P'lltug d ne.M 'V tt.jmi es-a cl. V.'rces.s of !hr Wrecks Lellcis from

Ti ie -.u ol the 14'hoS January announces, that Mianlte had ;-tt-ek;d toe luilush ileet near Zea, taken two core is anU 3 brigs, & sunk or !; pers.d he icmau.tiet. Lettcis Irom Z u.te ot trt: 9th ol Jan uarv say, that. Ibrahim being eifliVched

bet wee en Modon and Navariwo.-.was attac

hoarded on the !C:h ofV Key West, by a ked, by the combined forces of v oiuctfbT.i,

b nil from a brig of war, one of the Spanish squa-.'ron. The boarding officer was an acquaintance of a Spanish g ntlemau, pas-cnger in the Lalayette, and iniormed hi in that Commodore Laboidc had sent a formal challenge to Commodore Porter, to meet him in a fair engagement, prom isitig tliat 'nis force sliouhl be graduated

mander 1 t'c Mexican squadron. lo

this challenge, accouiing to the statement of the boarding oilTcer, Commodore Porter replied that, in the course of a week

or two, he should be prepared 'o meet the

Spanish Cooiinandei with

he could bung to an engagement. Bait. hner.

n I

'. i ! e

auou. ti . - ; - . precisely to suit the means of the Com-

nriri nt mv auuioi v , i.- j .

within me;' but I willing".)' consecrate cven my innocence to the satcty ol the republic' This sacrifice was required ol me, and I glory m not having deiayed it. When in Peru, an ofi'iciai noticed: ought

me intelli iicr.ee of my clc alien, bv the

people, to the Picrddcncy of the rcpumic Fnr fourteen years have I fulfiled the ol-

lire of supreme head and President of the j

rrmiMir: damrers foi ccd t hi only upet

me, which, no longer existing, leave me to retire to the enjoyment ol private .ne. I beg of congress to cast a i cgai d upon the situation of Colombia, ot Amei ica, and of the entire world : every thing xcptns to flatter us. Ti c. e is r.ot a Spar.

iard upon the American continent. Do- j mcstic peace has reigned in Colombia j since the commencement ot ti e 'recent j year. Manv powerful nations recognise j

our political existence, ami seine are bound to us in the bonds amity and friendship. A large pooifn ol the A merican states are in alliance with Colombia, and Spain is at present menaced bv Great Britain What more can v c hope for? The womb of time can alone contain the immensity of hapmncss which lias been prepared for us by a bountiful Providence, in whom is our only reliance. As for mc, suspicions of a tyranical usurpation rest upon mv name, and distuib the hearts of the Colombians. Republicans, valousof their liberties, cannot consider

the Xrvjuckct Inquirer. :i Pettlzan. Mr JfcMis has often declared, that il she

we;e a man, hei hist act would be to join the Mascns; and that she was evci pleased with mv being a member of that traicrniiv. hut at the same time could not be rvconeiled to the idea, that I should know romt thing that she o u'd not This subject has often furnished amusement for both of us; and in aooition to the pleas antiy ilh w hich wc have ticatedit. there has sometimes miscd in her discourses

Kiki as. Cicneus, and Uoizans, o,U; u

strong i'lie battle wa- bloody, and the noise "of the cation was 'uatd five hagtus. lbrahin, at the head of 3,00U men, endeavored to break thiough ihc troops ol Geneus, but was repulsed withdoss, and, after an action of live hour s, his troops were d-iven into Modon, leaving 1,200 killed en the fi id, a gie.it number wounded and

prisoners, l-i pair oi colors, eigin cimuu, and 300 horses. Another letter from Zmte, of the same date, says it was reported that Uedschid Pacha, alter having been beaten in Lu

ll the fot ce bcea, had perished in a bloody battle; that

the ouu of ( aristo had fallen mio the hands of the Greeks, and that Miaulis had again beaten the Egyptian fleet between Cai'd'a and Cciio. PUIUUGAL AND SPAIN. iA&bon Jan 27 The pacific resolutions adopted by the cabinet ot Madiid, have been announced by a Spanish courier to the Count de Casa Ei-jic-s. who was ordered at the same time to communicate them to tin Poiiuguesc government l hree of tin English skips ol the line that were in the Tagws have sailed, to icturn to England. Marshal Bercsford went on board the Occun. Midr (L Fb. 2 The Madrid Gazette

the law exists. IJui il the contract -be made between a citizen of the siale whcie the law exists, anu the citiz- n of another Mate, the party claiming under the eontract may sue in his constitutional fotum, the courts of the United States, and a discharge under a state insoU tnt law will not bar the acion. As to contracts mado before the passage of such law s, our readers are awaie they are not hcid subjtct lo the operation- of those laws, even between citizens ol the same state. From the Nantucket Inquirer From the Spilth Sea Inlands By capt. Bunker of the Ontat io, vv ho left the Society islands Noveo-hcr 3, we learn that the natives were Cl cied with a species

of plague, extrcnu .j virulent ami fatal in its nature, and iapid in its prrgies Of this diordet manv o! the inhabitants of Tahcita and Uiietea had been carried cfT, and others were dying daily. Captain B. was informed by two English gentlemen who had just ariived from the last nn ntionid lMand, that the distemper was then raging in an extraordinary manner that at fahei'.a, thtie were ten dead bodies louod -n one huse. As soon as ono member ol a Ln.i.y was attacked, the ooers abandout d the unloi lunate victim to is la'.e. This dUtemper, it is said, did not . fT. ct ihe whit resiilents Although the con'agion had noi i cached Huabcma, the tattvts were apprehensive ol its app roach. A sinular distemper, we believe, many years since, neaiiy extermmaltd the Indian population ol Nantucket.

Gold We have bt en requested' to stale, that go.d has bt en disco uul r Halifax county Viiginia, neaj Noi hp k Creek Yd y little of this precious n tai has yet been dug up ; bui appeal anees are said to wan ant the bedel lhat ih mine will piove very rich. ll'tst. Carolinian. By private htters from the city of Mexico of the 25 h Jan w It am, lhat the congress ol I acuhaya wt u d couveuo probably ..boU' the fit si of March The Deputies in Mexico, in addition to those hum the United Mates, weit two ftom Mexico: om, M Lai lzbel. from Guatcii-ala; I)r Guul, horn Colombia. One of i he Mexican deputies, how ever, M. Mihhehne, was about to lesign. As 0cn as the Pei uvian deju'ies aniv cd. the

congress wou d probab'y cornene Our

Tacubva as de-

1: t b

without a secret tircau. otcausv: u.c ... . 1 1 . i. . ,

paes of history tell them tnat an u.oc placed in similar situations have been amhkious. In do I wish to propose the

a ii tla of that griditon irony for which : of the "25th January contains a decree ot the sex arc distinguished. the Princess Regent of Portugal, orderBut when the second of Morgan's I ing the Minister of War to dismiss from book came floating on the serial current ! the Portuguese army all the Spanish scrdown the canal and Hudson and then in ving in it.

correspondent desci

lighifuily situated, : ear the base ot one ol the porphy r it i c mountains which surround me c'nctilar vaiity of Mexico, and distant about six miles from the capitol. JV Y American. Tenerff- A hurricane has swept over the Cai a.- y islands, and committed great raxaes on life and property. Theit had not b'-en less than two hundred arid fifty lives lost ; opwrir- s' l three hundt ed and foity houses h ul b m comph tt 'y tlesrrcyed. and -ix huntherl and fif'V head of cattle drowned. L was in possible to describe what had passed ; in one night ono thiul of the whole suitace ol the valley of Orotaia. a lenin district of Tuit rifie, was convert, d Irom a highly beautif ii 1 landscape, into a ditary icck and unp - dtict? ih'f n s

extensive undulations spread far and wide ail the fair daughicis of Eve simultaneously exclaimed, that is the giand desideratum ! Wc shall now know as much as vour husbands ! My wife, kind sou! !

caught the joyful tidings ; and earnestly

Pzst Office Def:art77ient By a publication made this year, i' appears that the correspondence of the General Post-Of-fice, including communications sent and received, will average about six hundred

rntrrntod me to sten to a bok store, and I da'dv throughout the year More than

buy her Morgan's book. I replied that I thirty five thousand accounts are audited bad two reasons for not complying with annual v; hundreds of suits commenced ; her request, which were first, it might be from five hundred to a thousand contracts only, as mv cousin Dick says, a hcax to made ; nearly a million and a half of dol-

XUTICE 3S hereby given, thai I intend to apply to the court of P obate ol Ca rd county, state of Illinois, to n k- a final settlement of the estate o' Maner Edwards, deceased, on the third Mond.y in May next, at w hich time, all persons interested, may attend if thev pleat . KaC EDWARDS idnu April2, 1827. 9-4;