Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 September 1827 — Page 1

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s, y V WESTERN SUM & GENERAL ADVERTISER. 7-' i - s BY EL1IIU STOUT. VINCENNES, (1ND.) SATUHDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1887. Vol. 18. No. 34.

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tion, which is indispensable to sustain, j ships, two frigates, anil a coivcttc sailed j nrescrve and advance the amicuUm-c and from Brest i'hn veiv larr Frenclvtia- .

IS pubished at Two Dollars and ; manulactuics on which more than half the vat torce of ncatlv fittv shins in the Mcdi-

vitTY cents lor Fifty Two Xumbers j citizens ol' these United States depend lor tcrrancan is to be divided into three part?

which may be discharged by the pay

ment of TWO DOLLARS at the time of subscription. Payment iu advance being the mutual interest of both parties, 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 intt all arrearages arc paid. Subscribers must pay tho postage of their papers scut 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 tcrms.CT Persons spending Advertisements, must specify the number ftitnes they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, end must be paid for accordingly.

their livelihood, and the whole country lor the Levant squadron of twenty-three : . ........ r.- ' i : i ii .t ii i

us prosperity. snips unuer uigny, mat wnicii mocKaucs

IUR ttisn un a u co ,y exti ox. The convention of delegates from the different states, on the subject of domestic manufactures, assembled at the capitol on the 30th ult. pursuant to notice. Mr. Ritner, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House ol Beprcsentatives, was chosen president, Jesse Hue!, of New-York, and Erisby nighman,of Marybnd, vice presidents. Mr. Ualsted of N. Jersey, and Xledvvood Fisher of Pa. secrctatics. There were delegates present from Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New-York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsv lvania, Rhode Island, Vermont k Virginia. A committee of 26 persons was appointed, to whom was referred the resolutions of the Pennsylvania society for th: promotion of manufactures and the mechanic arts, of Philadelphia, originating

the convention.

Not presuming to suggest the. details J

of such an act of congrcssas would put a stop to the ruinous fluctuations which for the last nine years have distressed the fanners and manufacturers of the United States, striving to make head against the foreign legislation which depiTvesfthem of their own matkets, ) our .petitioners nevertheless with the utmost dclerrvcc, rtibmit to the superior wisdom, and uncontrolled disposition of congress, the lollowing rates of duties, as calculated to acYomplisli that purpose, to wit : 1st On raw wool, costing over eight cents in a foreign country, a duty of twenty rents per pound, to be increased annually two and a half cents per pound, till it reaches filty cent- per pound. 2d. All goods composed of wool, or of which woal is a component pat t (except blankets, stulVs, bombazines, hosiery, mitts, gloves, caps, and bindings,) costing not moie than liDy cents per square yard, to be taken and deemed to have cost fil'y cents per squartard, and forty percent, ad valorem, to nharged thereon until the thhticth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty, and fifty per cent, ad valorem the) eiiftcr. "d. All good composed of wool, or of which wool is a component patt, (except as aforesaid) costing in a foreign country over fifty cents per square yatd, and not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per square yard, to be taken and deem, d to have cost two dollars and fitly cents per square yard, arid the duty to be charged as in the piccrding section v 4ih. All roods com posed of wpok or of which woo! h a component part, (except as tilorcsaid) costing in a foreign couo-rv more than two dollars end fitty

cmts prr squaic yard, and not exceeding four dollars per square yard, to be deemed

It is represented that par y politics and j and token to have cost lour dollais nei

. ft - ft ft ' I

onongst i square yard, and the uuty to oc cnargva as

party discussions found no place a the mambera. Their whole alter ti

tion was , in the second section.

directed to the measures cssetvial for the j 5th. All gixls composed of wo d or o!

protection of the domestic industry of the

country. MEMUKi-u Of the llarrishurgh Convention : To the Senate and House of Ilein-scxta tines cfihe, V S cf .inxerica. The memorial and petition ol their fcllow citizens, the undersigned, assembled

atUarrishurgh,in the state of Pcnnsylva-

Algiers, twelve ships, and the cruizcrs for

pirates Greece The Greeks are said to be not at all. flaunted, but to have taken possession cf Thct mopyla: to close that passage into their country. liKizil The reports of an approaching peace between Brazil and La Plata hid reached England, with moicciicumstanccs, and gt cater appearance of probability, than any we have before seen. , It is said that the preliminaries hae been agreed to : that the patiiols were the first to propose a pacification ; and that they are to pay a large amount of money, besides relinquishing the eastern province, including Montevideo The Paris Monitcur doubts whether Don Pedro will risk his American possessions, and make a voyage to Portugal. Loudon, July 31 Piivate letters, received yesteiday Iron) Spain, mention that the Carlist party was rapidly increasing, j ami had heg:n to assume a formidable at- j Uti le, in smnc of the provinces it was ! even expected that they would soon throw otT the mask, and attempt to cany their views into cfiect by main fence. If this is done, Spain will present a singular spectacle. Ferclinumlisls & Carlists lighting against each other. One letter distinctly says, that if Carlos had the smallcs: ambition, the crown would be on Ids head in six weeks. The army oi observation continues at its cantonments round Talavcra ' !a Revna. In one of the distticts where j a portion of it w ;.s stationed, an cpcdcmic

had broken cut, which had created some alai m. Turk ru! Grrrkt Letters from Vienna of the. iMih of July confirmed the infot o. ation that ti e. Pacha of Egypt had de

termined not to art in eoneert with-i ur- j

kev. Thev aiso soiled tin: impottant orlids !a:l been iiesp.uehed ftom Petersburgh to Mnhihv.v and J ulesm, the head

J qe.aitei of ihv armies of the jouth and

Uvj:,t. N. nntiviuu movement, however, had yet taken place amongst tho Hoops, who n.'ir.ain; d ioikiir respeeiive cantonT. 1 .1 1.1.

, . r.T Ni.liolas wou-d shortiy visit the ', .' . u" .lr:::rr. in Uessar diia. The 111.

mm' w;s e.i siuei cd a well lounded, and

as an uuhcyiino that ,;t c it events were

Ilia, respectfully shews j as aforesaid) which shall cost in a hcig That the irtipcrfccttrv.is of the acts of; country more than six dollais per squaie

Congress, intended to I vtcr the woollen , yard, t interests of these U. States, together with tion.

which wool Is a component patt, (except

as aforesaid.) costing more Uian lour un not exceeding six dollars per square yard, to be deemed and taken to have e ,t six dollars per square ynrd,and tec duty 10 be charged as in the second setkei. fth All gods composed of woo!, or of

which wrol is n component patt, (exe -pi 1 nrei atiug in tuat (piartcr.

The vivititb liom Constantinople con fim h ' o..ct statements of the exti aordin arv ei'F;its made by the Sultan, to speed

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the countervailing measures of the llti- ; 7tii. The adequate protection of wooltish government, have reduced that inter- j len blankets, is respectfully submitted to est to need the early and effectual inter congress, so as to secure their manulacposition of congress to support it. j turo in the United Sta:rs Forty millioiisof manufacturing capital, j ntli It is rcsp- etfully subeoittcd to con together with forty millions of firming : grcss, that adequate measures should be capital, composing thh great nation al , taken to prevent the ft and on the revenue, concern, for want of adequate protection, bv which American manufacturers ate be-

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have lost half their vain

It is in the power of cong1 ens To relieve

licved to be seriously injured.

lour petitioners beg leave lurthcr to

it from present distress and jeopardy, to . state that although not i: such c ing prevent its utter ruin which iimm'ment, ; need of vour imvncdiate assi?tanee, there

and to render it of the first importance to i

the general welfare td these U. States.

Vour petitioners might present thcii

i:y ;a se a po-.. cilui army. Iking deter

nun.'d to he.M- .'. no t ti rt hi r proposal in fa

nr of the ti1- ks. and ktiowine to what !

datigcr the 1 evolution exposed him, he j rseitcd himself with spirit to meet and '

surmount them. The Moni'-. ur of Saturday contains an

article oateil Atico: n, ;!;e 4 inst which i

s'atcd that a steam packet f.ooi ti c Ionian islands had arrived on the preceding day j with impot taut despatches fro?o Corfu lor , London and tliat private letiers, hi ought i by the same conveyance, announced that

are other materials of gcr.etal w clfare, j Orneral Church, and Colocotroni, and the

other (reek chiefs Ik-s taken up scvcial positions in the Isthmus ol Corinth to op- ;

pose the march n Ihralurn PachaK It adds a rcptirt thai I.otd C(,ehtanc haddis-

pcrsed the Egyptian fleet off Candia.

which would amplv repay in public, bene

fits, such adequate protection as it may be

views, in extensive conidera'ions cfthe. , deenicd proper to bestow on them, by ap

subject Deprived by natural cu cum- propnate anu judicious legislation. statu es of conrertcd action, and a!mr stof I Tnexhausiihie tiiKunities of iron abound.

common cause, in this respect the weal;- ! where coal is also to be found in rnexhatis- ! Letters 1mm Aleppo, dated the 22d of ... . "... . . . ....

est interest ol the country, your peiumners j u;e.c quantities. I May, state, that lorthtee weeks previous.

have been induced to meet together, from Vour memmiaiisJs icspeetfullv sidiirdt i the plague had eanied oflf tvvrh four to

that a duty of (ne cent per pound on ham- j five hundred persons daily, and that the mcred bar iron, and a corresponding ad- j city was in the greatest consternation in vattec on the present duty on steel, at c i;c- j consequence.

ccssary sor me compieee anu permatient 1 establishment cf t.hc manufacturers ol iron and steel. !

j I:bx and hemp, with their products, mav hi obtained in such ciuantitics as to

supersede the use of foi eign finx U hemp and the manufacturers from them, if pro'eeted from the large importations cf

;':oe articles Irom foreign countries.

various distant places, for the purpose of exchanging sentiments personally, and uniting on this occasion in a petition to congress for that justice, which no doubt will be promptly dispensed, as soon as

ymtf honorable bodies arc convinced that j the country stands in need cf it. J

Vour petitioners disclaim all sectinnnl St merely individual views. They would ru?t venture to approach the conituicd authorities of the country with this memovial,' if not satisfied that its representatives have uniformly recognised the interest in question as of primary national imprutr.ncc. Wherefore they respectfully but earnestly solicit vour honorable bodies, to ivc, to protect and promote, what ha us niformlv been treated by government as one of the principal elements cf the independence, prospeiity, and greatness of this rr nubile.

4 ' k""ul KlllliVi ill IVIIIIVIK. WVi; li Mil,' ineT to the wisdom and nattiotism of com:

rrss to devise and cr.act laws as the exifncy desires, your petitioners submit themselves to your judgment, in full confidence that the representatives of the people will promptly apply that legisk;-

Sficin The accounts fiom Snain state.

1 y thut ihc insut ection in Catalonia was daily extending itself. It was even reported that l'mlosa had been occupied, or rather, taken by the "arlists; but this intelligence was considered as unfounded. The 1 epoi Jed evacuation of almost every part of the Peninsula by the Ficnch army is confirmed. It is even said that orders

i nc lurtncrprotection ot a large capi- havc )crM issued to raiss seven additional :al mi distilled spirits, is aho respectfully ; ,riimtnts in Spain, in order to gauison rec jminended to the consideration of con- pjaccs now jn possession of tlTc gtess, as important to the grain growing ptxnch. r,t.,C5, , iVi.'A-Au: Advices have been received linthcr ptotcctmn to cotton goods and n. Tartaii irom Persia at Constantinople, printed cottons, is invited by the success ' ,v",-ich sl:ilc, lnat lhc discomfiture of the of the cnarsccMtofis, which, like eve. yo. Uussian aimv warfof such a nature that it thcr article aclccpiately protected by law, , NVas falliin; ijjck in cvcry (iircclion, or in has become cheaper and better than sim- nthcr words, evacuating the Persian tcrliar manufactutes formcily brought from j ritcTV, and re-entering (Jcorgia. athront!- 1r A letter from Portsmouth, datctr Tucsnedat Hat risburs.'i P. Jug. $t 1827. day, states that the Russian fore expecteil in that poi 1 consists of nine sail of the N kw our., September 4. nnc and nine frigates, besides smaller ves Vjriff On th C5th of July two line tels.

Odessa, July 2 In consequence of orders received fiom St. Peteigbuigh, the sea Meet is to be got ready immediately to put to sea Since ihe receipt of these orders workmen have been employed day and night in fiitifg out three shipa of the line and several fiigates, and ii is expected that they will be quite ready m a few days. These measures have revived the hopes of the decks Accoiding to a notice from Constantinople of the 26th of June, the passage ol the Dardancl.es is granted to the Swedish flag English hotites are laying up great quantities of corn. Odessa, July 5 The accounts from Constantinople of the first of this month, announce that the Sultan is at length preparing for serious measures. The firman which vc spoke of for vvccks,has been sent to the provinces, and the Pachas arc ordered to arm also, in defence of the empire, the tayas who do not recognise Islamism. Every thing indicates that the sultan will no more hear any proposal concerning the Greeks.The armaments continue here and ai NicolaiefT. FROM MEXICO. Xiw Orleans, August 10 A file 0 Mexican paptis to the. 26th ult has been loaned us by the editor of the Louisiana Advertiser. Their perusal has sfluided any thing but a satislactory view o! the .egrte ot liberi) actually enjoyed by our ntighbois. It is tiue that many new presses are said to be belting up in various parts of the countiy ; anu that tht presses already established aie fnl.y as licentious as any in these Mates ; but then every thing is apparently a la militaire. I ho priest Arenas, was trice! by aCouit Martial, and shot by a file ol seSditrs I hicc generals who were zealous in the snuggle for independence, have been sufTued to lie for six months in loathsome dungeons, while a military commiss-on is sluggishly inquiring into the cause of their arrest. A gentleman who for years held a place in the Mexican cabinet was appointed to an office in on, ot the states ; whereupon 1 he Lcgislutui c did not hesitate to pass a law banishing him from their precincts without a healing. In a word, courts of Justice which exist in eveiy civilised country, ate apparency out of practice, or not in being in Mixico 1 hese republicans know no other posc ccmliatus than a guard of koldicrs Governors, legislative bodies, and then subordinate satieliites, use their authority with fixed bayonets, and both piicsts and laymen sufiWior las armat. Guatemala. June 3 On the 17th ult. trops ol San Salvador marched out a gainst our army, encamped near Apapa On the morning of the 18th, an engagement commenced, and continued eight hours. Our troops wet finally compelled to retreat to anla Ana, with the loss of seventy killed, besides wounded and missing. The l a tJion of Chiquimula withdrew from our army, a circumstanco which greatly augmented the number of deserters. A reinforcement of one thousand men from this city has joined our army, whoso head-quarters were fixed at Cuajiniquilapa Guudalajara. Julu 10 A vessel Iia

just anived at San Bias from Callao The captain s'atcs lat he put to sea almost without any cm go, in const qu nee of ihc disturbances thai had just broken out at Lima. TeiuacanJuly 12 At half past one o'clock this morning, a fuiious taithquake occurred here. Nature npp- aied to have lost her wonted harmony, and the whole orb, as it were confoundt d. s emed ready to sink into chaos Hnw haToi were the vascillations of the earth, and hw astounding the subterranean noi-ts Happy the people who are exempted from witnessing such a crisis in nature. Much damage has been done. Most of the walls of the private buildings in town hate been rent open The convent Delcarmen, the hospital of San Juan de Dios, and the parish church, suffered grcaiiy. Mexico, July 20 A private letter dated at Acapulco, on the 10th int givestho following information : 44 On the 7th inst. the brig Maria Esther arrived here in twenty seven days from Callao. Not a single Colombian soldier remained in Peru. There were many disturbances in t he countiy, and pubiic opinion seemed much divided. The new congress had met at Lma. removed the Marquis of San'a Cruz from the Presidency and appointed Gen Llamas in his stead. The Mexican 64 Congrcso remained aj Valparaisoj completely repaired, but wti

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