Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 14, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 May 1827 — Page 1

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WESTERN SUM & . KMER Ai ABYERT18EK, S3B3fx BY ELIHU STOUT. VlNCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, MAY IS, 18S7. Vol. 18. No. 14.

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77JS IVESTEtLN StJV 1 be dismissed by any Postmaster at w hose IS pubishcd at Two Dollars 'artd ' offi'e hc calIs and another one employed, ! ,i,ty cents for Fifty-rwo Kumber. lh,e P? of lhf contractor, of which which may be discharged by the pay- hc shou,d bc immediately admed. ment of TWO DOLLARS at the time Postmasters at the end of routes should of subscription. ' scc lnat the carriers are sworn and that Payment in advance being the mutual they bc specially charged not to carry, nticrcst of both parties, that mode is so- out of the mail, letters, open or sealed, in licited. t vi,atin f the law. A failure to notify a wish to dbcontin- 13 The energetic co-operation of ev j

uc at the expiration of the time sub- cry Postmaster, & contractor, is earnestscribed for, will be considered a new ly requested. Each one should considengagement cr himself so far identified with the DeNo subscriber at liberty to discontinue partmcnt, as to participate in the elcvatiuntil all arrearages are paid. on of its character, and his increasing efSubscribers must pay the postage of forts should bc. ditccted to sodesirablean their papers sent by mail. object. The Postmaster General ac Letters by mail to the Editor on bu- knowledges with a high degree of satisfacsiness must be paid, or they will not bc tion, the efficiency ot many thousands of attended to. those who are connected with him in the Advertisements inserted on the cus- discharge of arduous and responsible du tomary terms. ffZF Persons sending Ad- ties, and he confidently expects a continvertiscments, must specify the number uance of their exertions." ol times they wish them inserted, or they -

i he packet ship Columbus, arrived at New York on the 17th April, bringing London papers to the I2ih March. The following arc the must important items of intelligence afforded by the New-York papers : Gret ce The third victory trained by

will be continued until ordered out, and

must be paid for accordingly.

Duties of Post-Musters.

In a Circular recently issued by the vigilant officer at the head ot the General

Post Office Department, communicating Karaiskaki is confirmed The booty ta

the Post Office act, passed at the last scs- ken at Velizza was much more considersion of Congress, wc observe the follow- able than at first reported. Slona is in ing injunctions, which we publish for a lne hands of the Greeks. Karaiskaki, afgeneral information. -Vf. Int. ter his victories at Arokovo and Volizza, " The strict attention of Postmasters is where he took fifteen hundred horses, all invited to the following duties : kinds of ammunitions, provisions, Scc. 1 Report every failure of a mail car- surprised and cut to pieces, near Lcpanto, rier, with the cause which produced it, if a corps of 1,000 Turks, who were marchknown. ing to Salona to relieve that place. Part 2 Repair mail bags that are unsound, of K's troops are to be sent to the army though it should detain the mail. j of Eieusis. Two hundred Peloponnesi3 When' packets are mis sent from a ans have already repaired thither, and two distributing office, first inform the Post- thousand men, under Colonel Gordon and master of such office, and if the error be Pctromichaly, are going by sea to the not corrected, rcoort him to the Postmas- ; Piercus, escorted by the American frigate,

ter General.

4 When a loss of a letter mailed, which contains money, occurs, report it without delay, with all the circumstances connected with the loss, none of which, or the loss, should be published. A publication is sure to prevent a detection of the depredator. 5 Care should be taken that the name

of an office at wich a letter is mailed,

commanded by IWiaulis All these forces united arc simultaneously to attack the Seraskter, Rcdschid Pacha, wno had approached Athens, from which he had retired in consequence of the victory of Arokova, thus giving Colonel Fahvier an opportunity to enter the Acropolis with ammunition and provisionsAccounts had been received at Prcvisa

that two vessels, laden with provisions.

should be plainly written or stamped on it. j were at Petala, waiting oiders from Ka . I ...K.I It ,

6 lie carclul to return, on tne routes oy i raiskafci, ana mat Aiaury nan maue mm

which they were received, all mail bags ! self master of Stamnias, and Missoioug-

of every description not in use. i here is a great want of attention to this duty, which subjects the Department to embarrassment and loss. 7 Although instructions have repeatedly been given not to close any communications in quarterly returns, yet, resignations, applications for blanks, and let ters of importance, are often so enclosed, and the consequence is that they are not opened until weeks, and some times months, after they are received at the General Post Office. As all returns are directed to be made at the close ot each quarter, if Postmasters would n fleet they -would scc that to open and examine more than six thousand returns, requires many weeks. How, then can they expect a speedy answer to any communication enclosed in a quarterly return ? 8 All applications for blanks at this office, should be directed, General Post Office, care of Joseph Burrows. 9 Personal attention to the duties of his office, by every Postmaster, is indispensable. 10 Printers often complain of thr miscarriage of their papers when they have never been deposited in a Post Office, were badly put up, or mis-directcd. Postmasters arc held responsible for such failures, unless they show the fault is with the Printers. This may be easily done, by any Postmaster, at whose office the papers are mailed. Procure from the Printer a list of the packets he sends arrange this list alphabetically, and compare the packets deposited with it. If the packets are insecurely put up, they should be returned to the Printing office if not deposited, or mis-directed, a comparison with the list will detect the error. 1 1 Where an individual places his frank upon a packet of greater weight than the law authorizes, the excess should be charged. This is often omitted. Many articles, such as the cuttings of grape vines, fruit trees, See. are sent in the mail, which should bc excluded from it. All such abuses must be corrected, or they increase to the injury of the public. 12 Every carrier who becomes intoxicated, having the mail in charge, should

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These favorable circumstances, says a letter to the Geneva Greek committee, prove how useful our consignments of provisions have been, since the Greeks have thereby been enabled to resume offensive operations. The Augsburgh Gazette mentions that the Porte, on the 4th February, declared, through the Tlcis Efiendi that it would reject all diplomatic overtures in tavorof the Greek in u gents. London, March 12 It is confidently reported, that Sir Henry Clinton, has written home in the strongest terms for reinforcements. The gallant General, it is said, has declared 5,000 additional troops, to bc absolutely necessary. This report had occasioned much agitation in the stock markets. Letters from Madrid state, that new difficulties have just arisen between the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Lamb, the latter has complained, that the principal part of the arms found on the Portuguese rebels, arc' of the manufacture cf S'crilic, which are under the immediate control of, and could not have been distributed without the consent of the Spanish government. Latest from Smyrna The cditoVs of the New-Fork Daily Advertiser have received Smyrna papers to January 12 Thrir contents are interesting, as they confirm several important facts, highly favorable to the Greeks; and, as usual in such a case, furnish evidence that that paper docs some times assist, however unwilling, in the dissemination of truth. In beginning with the latest paper, wc find that the dissensions at Hydra have been completely terminated, through the influence of Conduriotti ; and that Colotroni is on perfectly Ood terms with him. Some of the arrangements for a combined attack on Athens, for the relief of Fabvicr and the citadel, are confirmed. Six thousand francs had arrived from the Paris committee which had long been expected. A report was spread at Smyrna, on the 1 7th of December, that Captain Hasting's steam boat which had been seen on her passage from Syria, was to join the Hydriot squadron at Samos, to make an at

tack on the Turkish port of Scala Nova, near Smyrna. The editor some times affects to speak contemptuously ol the Greek navy : but he gives this report with seme trepidation. The Greeks still held the fortress Grabousi in Candia, which the Spectator complains of as affording great facilities to predatory vessels. Indeed a letter trom Canee says they ate blockaded byGieek pirates. It is situated on a rock, on the western point of the island ol Candia, thirty miles from Cancc, and commands a small port that has two entrances, one of which is only accessible to small vessels. The fort has thirty cannon and three hundred men, commanded by Dascalos Cum-

mi, of Celino, with two buliots lor his

principal officers. They have fitted up a large schooner from Napoli, tsa eralliot,

with twenty lour oars, and several barges; i

and have declared the island under blockade. Portugal Private letters from Lisbon to the hi st of ftarch, state that political affairs were, 'far 6 om being settled, altho no new occurrences of importance had transpired. Theinti-constitutionalists, it put down in one section of the touniry, suddenly appeared in other places, in such numbers, and with such means, as could not be accounted for on any other ground than that they were reintorced and furnished with money by bpain or some other foreign power. There was no doubt but a large majority of the ignorant lower classes of the Portuguese population were taught to believe they must oppose a government which Woud operate against the interests of their long established religion and habits. One letter expresses a belief, that the war must yet be carried into Spain. This was also the opinion of the American Consul, as we are informed by Captain Riley. Captain R. understood that an engagement took place between a party of the royalists and constitutionalists about the last of February, near the frontiers of Spain, in which the former were again defeated. Provisicns and forage of all kinds were very high at Lisbon, the port was not yet opened. By the treaty which has been concluded between England and Portugal, the latter power stipulated to furnish the British troops with provisions and barracks, during their stay in Porlugrl, but not for their pay and clothing. From the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph of 2d inst. 7'he Creeks We learn from the Nation that the Creek?, at their late council, received the proposition to sell the balar.ee of their iai ds in Groigia with agtn era! dUplcasure. 'I he Agent used h'13 best exertions to accomplish the business but without sikc ss All he could prevail upon them to do was to agree to send a de put a ion to examine the strip of land claimed by Georgia, and seta pi ice upon it to be submitted to a subsequent council. The ZPIntoth fxarty have lately sent a delegation of their tribe, under Colonel Brearly, United States' Agent, to explore the country west of the Mississippi, preparatory to emigrating thither The del elation took the steam boat at Montgom cry, Alabama, and will travel in that way by New-Orleans, and up the Mississippi and Red rivers to the place destined for their landing. And after accomplishing the object of their mission, their return will be as speedy as practicable. Fires in Canton Bv the shin Nitaufis.

at Boston, we learn that there havcbeerVj

two tires in Canton. 1 he tirst took place?, in October and destroyed from four to five j hundred houses at the French Folly ! The second was in November, in about the same place where there was afire some years since, and consumed seven hundred houses. No American or Eng-: lish property was dcstioycd. Translated for the A'cw York Daily Advertiser. Proclamation of the government. j Don Andres Santa Cruz, Grand Mar- , shal of the armies of Peru, President of the Council of Government, to the Nation : , Peruvians 1 The government of Peru : would not be faithful to it sobligations, if it turned a deaf ear to the echo which reach- ' edit from the most temote parts of the republic, Sc which says, the constitution ' for Bolivia was not received by a free will, ! such as is required in adopting political 1 codes." The government cannot permit ; the belief, that it had the least connivance in this united expression ; for it is the guaranty of the national freedom, of its !

absolute independence. The government, while it knows how to make itself obeyt and respected, is sensible also that i ought to turn an attentive ear to the jus. desires of the people, arid for thisreasor. it now convokes a constituent conr-re. f

examine, arrange and sanction the charter which is to govern us. This would have been done before, had not the government been persuaded, that a spontaneous consent had been yielded to the constitution that was sworn to. A friend of the country can desire nothing further: inegulai pretensions would conduct us to anarchy and confusion. Lamentable examples are too recent to be forgotten. What a parricide it is that we are now urged to repeat I Peruvians 1 Trust in him who is ready to shed the last drop of his blood to sustain unity and independence, and who aspires at no other glory than that it shall be inscribed on his tomb In this soldier the first virtue wag the love of country : he proved it in the field and cabinet, and was grieved at death only because he should not be useful to his countrymen." Peruvians I the confidence you have shown me now and always, binds me inseperably to you. Live for my honour, as I shall live to your common interests. ANDRES SANTA CRUZ. Lima, Januaiy 28th, 1827. Another, From the Commander -in-chief of the Auxiliary Division of Colon bia. Citizens of Lima, and all Peiu The freedom which the army of Colombia has always defended, and theatabithy of the constitution which the representatives of that republic have sanctioned, and w hich we have all sworn to sustain, is that which has placed us in arms, preferring to become victims of a revolution, rather than to see it fall to thegiound. We have done what we believed to be our duty Our position, as auxiliaries in the republic of Peru, will be maintained with, the highest respect to the governn ent and the laws; and ynu may rtst se'eurt that our wishes will ever be for the happiness of Ptru. JOSE BUSTAMEN1E. Lima, JanUaty 27'h, 1827. From the A Y. Advocate. I he Washington Journal says in relation to two political letters pubJishetJ in this paper, that they were doub let fabricated " In no country on earth ia decorum and propriety so outraged between conductors of the press, as in cur free country A letter favorable to Mr, Adair s wou'd be considered genuine by the Journal, whereas that paper unl esitatingly pronoiirues one in favor of Jackson to bt- "rubricated:" and does this withoui the shadow of proof, and without even qualifying the suspicion We assure the Journal that copies of the two letters published weerrac!e in our office from the.orig-.nals, l earirg the post mark, and one was fiom a late tnator and judgo bith, however, were genuine It may be well to state a f w facts for the infom- ; ti'n0f ihc J( unal and its readers. 1 ho campaign in this state is by no means opened not a move has beer tnade-no union of sentimentno concentration of powerno drilling of parties no organization of tov n or county conventions, and yet almost every rrsn in the country avows himself to be fn J ckon L Js a spomat-e us movement o hc peoph, unaided by the machinejy oi pam- t ey are determined to make chr ice of G n -r-al Jackson, and neither the support ror opposition of the presses will influenco their determination. Packed at-Vc copied an. article from a northern paper lately, stating that Mr. Magaw, of Meadville, had constructed a machine for packing hay, by which he could compress it imo a shape which fitted it for transportation to a distant market. We since find that this plan has been put into operation, and been frund practicable and advantageous Mr Ma--gaw brought twenty-two tens of Pa ked Hay to our market, last week, in two flat boats, which contained besides a great quantity of other produce. The hay w aa put up in packages about the size of a cotton bale, each contair ing 350 o 40O pounds. The machine, however, is sufficiently powerful to compress a much greater weight into the packages ; we arc told that after the above bait s were prepared others of the same size were pot up, weighing from six hundred to seven hundred pounds each. Mr M found a ready sale for his cargo here; if he had not, he might have mrwtrded ittoNewOrlcans, and bceo ture of & still more id