Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 June 1827 — Page 1

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BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1887. Vol. 18. No. 20.

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7 WESTERN SUN, S pubishcd at Two Dollars and ,xty cents for Fifty. Two Xumbera which may be discharged by the payment of TWO DOLLARS at the time of subscription. Payment in advance being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is soUc ted. - A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the time subv scribcd for, will be considered a new " 5 engagement " No subscriber at liberty to discontinue Vinti lu 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 tcrms.SCT' Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. Washington & jacks on. The character of Washington has been canonized by death no man now assails him. The tongue of calumny is silent but it was not always so. In the outset of his career, misrepresentation had nearprostrated him duting the revolutionary struggle, formidable rivals threatened his destruction ; and long after our independence was atchicved, he was basely traduced. The following is one of the nutnv nroofs of the truth of this statement :

41 We copy the following letter from the Gentleman's Magazine, where it is given as having come from an u intelligent gentleman" residing in Philadelphia, to his correspondent in London : " Philadelphia, October 26, 1786. " My dear hie ad As I know you look upon whatever transpires in this country with intense interest, and have been among those who h ;ve ever suspected the late commanding general of the Amcri can armies, and predicted that he would ultimately look towards a throne, and rule with a sceptre of despotism these very people whom he has preceded to adore, and whose liberties lie has avowed to be the God of lm idolatry, I hasten to inform you that your suspicions relative to the ultimate views of Washing' on, promise to be verified. It is now pretty general-

ty reported, and believed in the political circles in which I move, that George "Washington will be crowned King ot North America. Even his most partial friends do not pretend to doubt that he looks with an ambitious eye towards a monarchy, but they a-, the same time remark, that as he has no ofispi ing, it is possible that he may be deterred from his designs. For my own pait, I never had the least confidence in his pretended pat liotism, nor did I ever behold a man who is more of a tyrant at heart than lie is Poor deluded devils poor Americans ; they have fought seven years to bind themselves more firmly in bondage. When you next hear from me, be not surprised if I ghe you a detailed account of w the Coronation. v Yours, very sinccrelv. u CHARLES M. COLLING WOOD. ' To Sir Charles Sexton, " St. James's Squaic, London "

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sim a Military Clucltain chict ma,3tratc were pourtrayed in the most glowing colours. Jackson is now subjected to the same calumnies by the presses in the pay of the President. In one of thee, he is denounced as a "tyrant," " a dangerous Military Chieftain" in another, as a treasonable conspirator againtt the liberties of his country in another as uthc associate of Burr, in his infamous ptojeet" as the relict of the vile," a " mass of deformity" and lastly, cs a desfiot that ry?, like Jiurbide, be iunis.'.ed -.yi'h death. And who is the man thus calumniated by the Adams presses He is a soldier of the revolution the blood of the youthful patriot flowed in cur defence at fourteen the wounded captive of a British dungeon, lie saved the fieemen of the west from the tomahawk of the savage he prevented the capture of our great commercial depot he saved our countrymen from slaughter, cur countrywomen from worse than death he. the survivor of a British dungeon, he humbled British arrogance he elevated our national character, and closed cur second struggle for independence in a blaze of glory. This it is that renders him a t Taut that disqualifies him for the pres

idencythat renders him deserving of the death of the despot Iturbidc. But the verdict of the people will soon pass between Andrew Jackson and his calumniators, and the time is rapidly advancing when the libellers of the veteran ot Orleans will be as infamous as the accuser of the immortal Washington. Extract of a letter to the editor of the Detroit Gazette, dated Sault de St. Marie, April 29, 1827. " Despatches from the Arctic land expedition, under the direction tPtaptain Franklin, reached this place on trie 12th ultimo. When the bearer left. I;ort Franklin, in October, the members of the party were in fine health and greatly exhilarated by the success with which their enterpiisc had been crowned during the prcceeding summer. They have established the fact of the continuity of water communications from the mouth ol the Coppermine to M'Kenzie river, and from thence have pushed their examinations as far as one hundred and forty nine degrees and thirty eight minutes ot west longitude. At tiiis point, tiu-y were compelled by the density of the logs, to icniinquisb the design of proceeding lo the Pacific ocean by Jay cape. The botanist duting the absence of the exploring paity from the Fort, has been engaged in investigating the vegetable productions ol the Maskatochatvin conn'ry. Vc may calculate that the icadinr

world will be gratified with a view of the details of this expedition early in the coming year, as Captain Franklin nod his associates are looked lor heie in July From intelligence that is to be relied on, we feel autiioi ized to say, that they will be spared those iessons of hunijn endu ranee which tit traded uo much from the pleasure their former narrative afforded, and which in Uic fjst enterpiize, were no less attributable to their own improvi

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val iur companies.

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?.pa uu-Jer dale oi 'JiUli Man-h, .i';iTt us with tiie following melai.c'ioa and utrcssiug account ol the state ot anarchy which reigns li5 ougiiout our sister- ltpubuc of Guatemala. The following is a brief translation of an extract from one oi tho.: kite: s ; it h dated iStn March : " The misfortunes of Guatemala siill continue unabated. Our city U hourly lhrcrencd by a Sulvdorcan cos ps of two thousand rebels, headed by the foteigner Rouly who, with a view of attackim"-the capital, has taken up a position at Cop-ini-cuilafia, (distant eight or ten leagues from Guatemala,) whence he demands the restoration ot the former state authorities. The President, accompanied by General Cascaras, and a body of six hundred men, with nine pieces of artilicry, marched hence. We ate in momentary expectation of the arrival of Don Thomas Sauches, width a division of one thousand soldier, now on their return from Chinj::i'r:lc whither the movements of, the enemy had at first directed their course. Three hundred infantry are likewise looked for under the command of Qucsaltc. ::ango. The merchants, mechanics, and even the students have flown to arms in defence of the city. Could the situation and fate of Guatemala prove more afflicting ami dreadful? Can the geneious Me.vican nation behold with indiflVience the shedding of the blood of their brethren The piincip?.! commanders of the hostile forces are Freuchmi ?z, lately arrived from Europe. Wh;t can be the objc ?, of these vile foreigners i Pietzon who committed so many atiocitics in Queeat'tTiuugo, entered this stale in his flight ther.ee, and, according to report, solicited y esterday a pabsport to return to Guatemala. From the N Y. Mercantile Advertiser. JxtuC of a letter from Laguyra, May st X27. The situation of this country is at pieicnl in as bad a slate as I have ever known it, for such arc the demands on government tor cash, that they have discontinued paying all their paper, and are pushing the merchants for cash payment, and in two instances have imprisoned persons. Mr. , an American, is now in prison for government deb Bolhar takes all law in his own hands, & is a dc facto" Dictator. If the system of enacting new laws every da, continues, it is to be feared that confidence in business will be destroyed, for, under the present system no speculation cau be entered into

with safety as, for instance, without any previous notice, on the 1st instant, an extra duty of 57s. was laid on all exports of produce, and on all imports. For my own part, I conceive that all these measures are tending to one great end, which is the establishment here of the liouvar Constitution, and the appointment ot Bolivar ;s perpetual Dictator of both countries, which, I think, is the on-y way in which Colombia will ever piosjc nd command her stand among nations. JlVw York, May 24 We learn by the Pearl, which left Rio Grande on the 26th March, that the inhabitants remained in a state of alarm, and in expectation ot the ariival of the Buenos Ayrean army. Many of the wtalthy citizens were leaving the place with their effects, and business was almost emircly susptn led General Brown, (a Hanoverian officer.) who commanded a division ol Brazilian troops in the action of ihe 20th of February, was at Hio Grande. It was understood thee that he was corrjdetely routcd, though no particulars 'of the action had been received In the engagement he was siightiy wounded in the leg. The trrops of his rivisicn sh0 escaped were stationed at a place on the river abtrt one himditd miles horn JRir Grande, hVifcj suffered much in th- ir rcti ent, :nd, Val J as stated hy Grncrai Brown.) utrc for fourteen horns withuvt a drop of water. Mihsc quc nt to the battle, the piopie of Ivio Grange were ignorant of the movements oi the Republican ai mv, but i was known that there was no force to oppose their n.cuc!) to the chy. and a private letter says, unless General L Core arrive soon with the expected reinforcements from St Catharines, this province is lost to Brazil.'" On the 24-th of March, a Buenos Ayrcs puvauer Si.hf.oner, caprmcd a Brazilian government schooner, and ilj.ee out of 6 vessels she was convoying, which were manned r.nd carried off This act Vas vnf.es.ee! by many of the inhabitant B:ov,andc Several other captures had been made m sight flr urxn.

Jtves'a aml.Pervi The following in- i teihgence trom Av.ais of much interest, : because we have for a long time consid- ' c'cd ihc war. wi;ch R1:ssia Vvaes w;th . I'ei'Ma, pregnant with consequences much i more importannt than the mere fate of a ' Fersian dynasty, or the iutcgritv of the rersian possessions Every move that Russia makes in the east brings her near- : er British India ; and England must view : v;:tn the deepest intetest, if not with yp. ; prehension, the progress of the Kussian power m that quarter She can, in fact, not remain much longer an inactive spec- I

;UUi.l war, and it is on the fields of ler.rj t'uit we may expect to see the peace of,Europe bioken, and the conflict renewed between two of her neatest Powers. FROM CALCUTTA. Satem, May 25 Through the politeness of Captain Endicott, of the ship George, arrived ai this port, we have received copious fi!es of the India G;.z-tte, and the Bengal Hurkaru, to the 27th January. Persia" We understand, ssv thP

ltor ot the Bombay Gazette, by a letter 1

moi uie i,un, ot a recent date, that a ! Persian chief, nan)cd Monstophc Khar, brother in law to the King of Pernio, at the head of six thousandMioopK was marching towards Triflees, (iiVpaVjabii' and, meeting an encampment bv Yfic way. J approached it, in order to reconnoitre-and ! pdlage it, if deserted; no sooner hadF.e 1 entered it, however, than suddenly a troop : of Russians sallied forth from different directions and put to the sword the whole i of the aimy, with the exception of a few followers, who nanowlv escaped and to( k ' refuge at the head quarters of Ahbas Mecza, who at the same time was en ' gaged in battle with the inhabitants of ! Shoosh, (a city in Arminia ) The Rus !

oiun i.vuin eioseiy pursuing the enemy, met the ;rand army of Abbas Meciza, and fought them with glCat slaurhtW; in such a manner that Abbas Meerza smobliged to ask an immedia e succor of the troops that were stationed at Ganjah, who immediately came to the assistance or the Priiice Royal. The Persians at last giv ing wav to the conqueror, dipersed,"and Abbas Meerza, after leaving the enemy sole master of his garrison and twenty pieces of cannon, made his escape The Russians finding the city of Ganjah wholly deserted, entered it without the least bloodshed " Later accounts from Bombay, given in

the India Gazette,ofTer the following confirmation of this account; u A despatch from our resident in Persia, came in this morning, announcing the total defeat of the g.at.d Persian aimy by the Russian General Helmadoff, with a force of ten thousand men, and that ho had employed his artillery alone, making his advei saiies scamperoff with great loss and slaughter. He is expected soon to be at labiiz and Geneiai Yeimoloff has get as far as'l chian. No doubt was entertained but the Russians would overlun Persia: the coi sequence it is not easy to foretel, hut the corr c.ntss of the above may be depended upon " The editor of the Gazette says : "Theiesult, we feai, is likely to provo disastrous to the independence ol ihe Persian Monarchy. Should the Russians reach our frontiers, as the Cossacks have out an undefined idea, we believe, of right and wrong, and stimulated perhaps fy success, tne may encioach ai d give rise to measures on our pan " It ha been proposed to i s.abtish a new paper at Maiaca in the Chi.v. e Iti guage, in which the la et ntwsii- m China will beinscited. The Calcutta pat e- say that consideiing the number ot CJunese no7 resident in the three settlements ot Pinang. Malacca, and Singapore, and that they are almost all able to read, the undertaking will probably succeed, anu if well conducted, may not onlv be very useful to them, but contiil ute greatly to afford to Europeans a much mo. e accurate knowledge of that People, than they at present possess " Yrk (U C ) May 1 4 Robert Randid, Lvquiie, a n.en bei ot the Provincial L-gisIa me, a ncai trlatimot tUHn. John Rciidolph, ot Rmk, Vrgmia and agent on behalfot tha portion ot iho people of lhir piot mcc who are sojus-.ly opposed to the laic natui abzation bill, hs jailed for England, and is, doubles, by tins time, ntai Inerpooi, on his way to London. We fuily concur! td, at tho lime this appointment was made, in v propriety. 'J he peiiod at which Mr. Randall will arrive in London, the triumph of the liberal par'y in the councils ot England, the fiiendly r.entimen s that yvcrt exp.esstdby Mi Canning touaids r.ir. Randal on another occasion, and tho cause in which the latter is ngaged. aflord favorable piospecis; and the opinion ot this province, as displayed in ,hc nun.erous petitions of which he is tht hearer, wih, when laid befoe Pa. lian ent, as they sptcdiiy will be, combine to Uxor the cause of justice. Petitions, with about three thousand signatures, arc sent afrt, M. R to be forwaided,ia New Yo.k.to him n L-i.d,.n. Colonial Advocate. Unfileasant Intelligence XV? a.e sorry to obseive it annou. ced in 'he ff.cial Gazetie of the 10th inst that the ar;.ta:oi8 have so abused the ig oanceof the people as to pioduce a .'evolutionary movemem, and that seditious meetings have been held, that ouht to be dispc sf d by the public force. God help us! wC lear this will be a bloody sumner. Canada Sfiec. m The Thirteenth Century period in tin history of the woiid is hiRh)y interesting; it is in fact the romance of real life. The fantastic superstition, the heroism, the feudal splendor, the devoticn in battle, in faith, and in love, w hich chaactttized those tin s, fcrm a stnkmg contrast with the coidr.f ss, the hypocrisy, and the refim mint of n.r.d-m days. Historians have distinguished -tksp times by the appellation of ti c barbaicu aes.nd we are ery ready to echo the em wih much self satisfaction, c onK-jtu:ating ourselves the whhe. on tf t supti ier rc-fiK-mrm of cut own happy c-avs Perhaps, if we knew a little n ote about these barbarous ages, h would take the trouble to iearn what is the proper meaning of barbarity, we should not he quite so oiacular on the subject. U e art told, and truly, that' a leading trait of polished life, is the allotment to woman of her poper rank in society; and it is added in onfirmation, that amonsi all savage- nations the situation of won en is deplorably wretched Apply then this touchstone to the fe udal ages. Has there eve i been a period when woman held a higher rar-k, or a moie despotic sway tt an in the good old days of chivalry? The sway of women in the barbarous ages, was tht sway, of beauty and of love. The lady sat in her bower; her knight knelt before her vowed his truth and pledged himself to conquer in her name, and for her sake to

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