Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 January 1828 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & (SENSUAL ABTEKTISEE

BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCKNNES, (1ND.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1828. Vol. 18. No. 49.

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President's Message. C Concluded Jrom last vjt kj The condition of the army, and of all the branches of the public service under the superintendence oi the Secietaiy of War, will be scn by the report from that officer, and the documents with which it is accompanied. During the course of the last summer, a detachment of the army has been usefully and successful)' called to perform their appropriate dmies. At the moment when the Commissioners appointed for carrying into execution certain provisions of the treaty of August 19, 1 825. with various tribes oT the northwestern Indians, were about to arrive at the appointed place of meeting, the unprovoked murder of several citizens, and other acts of tin equivocal hostility committed by a party of the Winnebigo tribe, one of those as sociatcd in the treaty, follow ed by indications of a menacing character, among other tribes of the same region, rendered ne ccsary an immediate display of the defensive and protective fovco of the Union in that quarter. It was accordingly ex hibitcd by the immediate and conceited movements of the ("Governors of the state of Illinois and of the territory of Mirhigan. anJ competent levies of militia under their authority, wi'h a corps of sevcra' hundred men of United States troops on dcr the command of (icn. AlU'iovi). who at the rail of g nc nor Cass, imm ('hit ly repaired to the scone of danger, front "5 tl.eir station at St. Louis Their presence (j opel'ed the alarm of our fellow citizens on those borders, and overawed the Ims ti'e purposes of the Indians. The per petritors of the min ders w ere sun coder cd to the authority and operation of our laws; and every appearance of purposed hos'llity from those Indian tribes has sub si vied. Although the present organtzati on of the army, and the administration of its variou branches of service, are, upon the whole, satisfactory, they are yet susceptible of much improvement in paiti culars, so rue of which have been heretofore submitted to the consideration ol congress, and others arc now fust presented

in the report of the secretin v of war.

the Peninsula of Florida, to ascertain the practicability ol a canal to connect the walctsof the Atlantic wkli the Gulf ol Mexico, acioss thai Peninsula ; and also, of the countiy between the lias ol Mo bile and of Pensacola, with toe view of connecting them together by a canal : On surveys of a route lor a Canal o connect the waters ol James and tit cat Ken haw a rivers : On the survey ot the Swash in Parntico Sound, k that of Cape Fear, below the tonn ol Wilmington in North Carolina? On the survey ol the Muscle Sh'ils, in the Tutnc'ssec river, and for a ion c lor a ci'tempia ed com municauon between h II'Ajssee and Cona iiver in 'l C .alc u Aiabama. Other repo:;st surveys, upon objvets pointed out by the several acts ol con gtess, of the last nd pn ceding sessions, at c in the progress of preparation aid most of them may be conpiei d be'ote the close of this session. All the officers of both corps of Kt.ginerrs, with sc vci ai other pei sons dulv qualified. Ira e been con

stantly employ tu up n these services, f'um the pasjijc ot the act.t Smh Ap;ii 1824, to this time. Were no other advuit tes to .v crue to the country from their labors than the fund of topogiap'-ic-al knowledge which they have- co iected an 1 communicated, that alone would have been a profit to the Union more th.an adequate to all the expenditures w:dch h.e been devoted to the object ; but the appropriation for the repair and continuation of the Cumberland to.-.d, for the const! uetion of various other roads, for the lemoval of obstructions from the iies and hirbors, lor the erection ol Light-Imust s, Beacons, Piers and Buoys, and for the completi m of Cands, undertaken by individual associations, but needing the assistance of means and rcsouie.es in mo comprehensive than indiv idiial entcipuse can command, may he consicl r (1 'uUu r as treasures laid up horn the com ; ibnti ons of the present age, for the bench f posterity, than as uut e(uited ap;.h :tih n . ol the act ruin revenues of in - nrim.

lo such objects c!' licniuiiini i;u n

sanction of the Legislature. Practical seamanship, may be acquired upon the cruises ol squadrons, whicn liom time to time, are despatched to distant seas; but a competent knowledge, even of the art ol ship building, the higher mathematics) and ustionomy ; the literature which can place our ofliceis on a level ol polishtd education with the ofliccts of other n aratime na.ions ; the know ledge ol the laws, municipal and national, which, in their inlc com &e w ith lurtign stacs and their goveiiiments, arc continually called into opeiation; and above all, that acquaintance with the piinciples ot honor and justice,

with the higher obligations of morals; &

ly burdensome to the purchasers. It can never be the inttrvst or the policy ot tho nation to wring hotn Us own citizens tho leasonablc piofits of their industry and cntei piise, by holding thtrm to the iigolous impoit ol disastrous engagements. In Match 1 82 I . a debt of twenty -two millions ot dollars, due by put chasers of tho public lands, had accumulated, which they were unable to pay. An act of Congress, o the id of March 1821, came to thtir iclief, and has been succeeded by others ; tne latest being the act of the 4th of May 1826, the indulgent provisions of which expiied on the fourth ot Juiy last. The effect of these laws has been to re-

of general laws, human and divine winch ; duce the debt fiom the putchasers, to a

constitute the great distinction between

the wai.i i patriot, cud the licensed robber ami j.i.ite; tluse can be systematically taught and eminently acquit cd only in a pei mant nt school, stationed upon the shot c, and provided with the teachers, the instt umems, and the b;oks, conversant w i' h and adapted to the communication of the principles flhcie respective sciences to the )ouihlul and inquinng mind. "1 he i t p.i i Item the Postmaster general ex hihii s the condition of that Depattmem, as highly satjslactoiy lor the present, and stiii more promising for the fu

ture lis i t cci ,ts lor the vt at endim the I

remaining balance of about four millions

thtee hundred thousand dollars due; more than three-fifths of which are lor lands within the state of Alabama: I recommend to Congress the revival and continuance, for a further term, ai-d submit to their considetation, in the same spirit of equity, the remission, under proper discriminations, of the forfeitures of partial payments on account of purchasers of the public lands, so far as to allow of their application to other payments. Theic are vaiious other subjects, of deep interest to the whole Union, which have heretofore been recommended to the

S'U.o objects o pcrmaiK:

mem to the condition ol tin

olio

real addition to the as . e

the comfort of the p.:-up,' by v. h se -u -rity and resou ; c. -s they nave b n if clod, Iromlhiee t- tour ndiiioni ol tiic oinual incotne t)f the nation hae, by l.ras enacted at the three m"st rco'iv ses-io!is of congress, b-..en ;tpp ied, without intrenching uptm the neoesKities of io

treasury, without adding a dollar 1'ixc-i'ir dvbts of the community

to tii- ; with-

ut suspeii.iiog even the slc-dy and rvg'i!ar diseh.u ge t)f the delits contracted in lo? incr days, w hich, within the same three vars; have been diminished by the amount ol ne,arlv 1 6 mi lions ot 'dollars. T:!C same observations are, in a great degree, applicable 10 th.e. appropriations mad- for tortiliratioin upon the coasts .nd luu bonis of the U Slates, hn the unintenance of tho military academy at West iNmt, and for tho vaiious obj.cts under the supei inteudance of the N vy departun.nl. The report of the secretary of the n;-y, and those hum the subordinate btauv i.es of both the mih'arv ilcpartmcnts, exhibit to congress, in minute dc tail, the present contlition oi the public stahiishmcnts dependant upon them ; the execution of the acts of emigres telaiin - to them ; and the view s of thcof-

The ovpediency of p'-ovidinir lor nddi- ficers cngaetl in the several branches of

tioml numbers of ofheers in t!ie two corps j the service, coneet ning the impi ovements onvurjnecrs will, in some decree, depend j which tnay tend it) liitir perlection The mon the number and extent of the objects ' fortifications of the coast, and the giaduf n uionai importance upon whie'i con- al increase and improvement of the nav y, rrrc;s mav think it proper that stitvevs are parts t)l a great system of national dcsh'Mild hn made, conform ib-y to tlie act ; force, which h;'s been upwards of ten of the 30th of Ap-'it. 1S21. Of the sur- ! yeat s in pt ogres-, and which, tor aseties vevs w hich before the last scsvion of cfu- ; of vcars to come, will continue to claim

fi'stof July a-t amounted to one million ! corisideratiuii of Congress, as well as by lour 1 t: fh d and seventy three thousand i my pn decessors, a under the impression h c fom cd utid fify one dodat s. and ex- I ol the duties devolving upon n-e ; by myceedr its ex pe!li tui es by up!ds ol one : st If. Among these are the debt; rather lun ched ihr.u-i.nd d .liais. I c.un ot he j ol justice than gratitude, to the surviving an !)Vf;t--a.u;uin'j estimate to p-edict that j vvarriois ol the Revolutionary War: tho iti less than tv n veats, of which one naif cx:t uuon ol the Jtuhcia! Administraiion hav e ehi; sv el, i he teccipts will h u betn ol tl'O T dtud (government to those exmote tiian tloub e In the mean Hon, a j t.nsie and nup(iran' nen;ber! of theUreductd es pendi'urc upon es ab.ish d j ,: n which, have risen into txustneo routes has ke; t p u;c w iih ii.ci i ts nl lacil- j Mnce Uu o !.i.:zj i.m of tho prcsei 1 JuJtles ot puhht act onnm daiu.n. ai tl rddi- ' du'iuy es' b.t ..lui.col. nov c nstiimr it tlonal service. Iae be, u oiiain d at te- J leas! oi e Ihiro of its 'efboiy; pnc & doted rates of compensation. Within' population; ;!.o forntu'ion of a mote cfthe i.'.st year he tranp'i i.tin of the mail . Ititive ..ntl m if.uin sy tern lor the govin stages h -s b eo gie tiy ang'uented I emmcut o 'he mii'tia ; and the ameliorThe nu.ub. :- of I'ot nllu es has been in- : ation, m nre 'm rn ot n.od'ifir ation, ol the Ci'cas.'. d to s.un th.usanfl; aialil may be ; div ei xfutl a;.d oti n oppit rsivr codisiea.iticip.t d th.it, while the f.tiii iesot in- j lating to i: s encv. Anudot tt t. rrtiliiteic .iiirse b tween lelh;W citizens io per- piitu y ol topics ol gteat na i?ral concern- ' ' or h, "irii. d-o ulciicr, w iil s,on he ' nent w I. it I. n.-y i ucoinmnti theniseU es c! ted tu :he doi.r of cry vi. lager of the i to the cairn uha p t'io'i. dc ibeiationsof l- ! i' n ; a y.-ar.y sup'us td revenue vwll t he Levis'. tui e. it may suffice to say, ihott necrue, which may be appiittl as the wis- , on these and ad other n.(.tuics, which thou oi CiiiiK'sn under the ex' K iseof ; may i eci i vc then bnoctiot', nv her.' tv CO-

ti-.etr cotetiimio!K!! powers, may drvise ; i -i ihe lai a!u: s'.aiuishnient v)t the public j i-a i-,, or by adding slid further to the fa-

c.i.itus a ti ansportiiiion td the mails Ot t lie ii.dicati ;ns of the prospc ions eonot our countiy, none can be fume pleading tiv.m those presented by li e tuul Uniying relations of personal and intimate

io u . com .so between the citizens f ihe U- i

hit) i tl .veiling at the remotest distances liom each other.

opeiat'on wiil be given, cordormaoly to the duiies tt.j ti;uil ufcn me, ai d iitv 'T thrsenseof a;i the obligations p'esciibed by the CoiiSii:iii. n JOHN Q'JINCY ADAMS. Wash tigton, Dec . 18 J7. .ib&trac: of the fir oc crfmgft rf Cot great r.i ruc'td fr.fn the N AT K N AL JOl'KKAL

Decrtnlur iy In tin her.ai: yesterdny,

rrres, nd been made under the authoibv m that ct, rep?rts w ere made : I. Ofthe IVattl of Interna' ttuurvc tnnt no the Chesapeake and Oldo canal. 2. On the con'inuancc of tin? XatWvd

; the constant and pcrscvciing piotection ' and superiotendance j t the legislative 'authtuity Among th.e measures which have emanated from these principles, the act of the last session of congress, lor the

root from Cumberland to the tide waters gradual imp:oement of tin: navy, holds a within the District of Columbia D On conspicuous p' ;ce. The collection of lim-

thr continuation tf the National rontl her for the futare constt uction of vessels from Canton to Zanesville 4 On the of war; the prcsc r ation and reproduciloat'nn of the Xational coad from Zmcs- on of the species of timbei peculiarly av i U r to Columbus 5 On the con'itun- daptcd to that purpose ; the construction tin of the svnc road to the scat of e;ov- of Dry Dicks for the use of the navy ; ornmcnt io Missoipi 6 On a Pfist roid the erection of a marine Railway tor the from Hibimot e to Philadelphia. 7 Of a repair ot the public ships, and the imsurvev rf Kennebec liver, (in part. 8. provement of the navy yards for the preOn a X.tio al toad from Washington to sol vation of the public property deposi!BnT!o 9. On the survey of Saugatuck ted in them; have all received from the lnrbor and river. to. On a c5nal from executive the attention tcquircd by that lake P-ncnrtrain to the Mississippi river, act, and will continue to receive it, stcatlH On the surveys nt Edrartown, ily proceeding towards the execution of Newburvport, and Uvnnms harbor. 12. all its purposes. The establishment of a On the survev of T.a Plaisancc bay, in naval academy, furnishing the means of the territory of Michigan. theoretic instruction to the youths who And rcports ac n nv prepared, and will devote their lives to the service of their be submitted to congress Of survcyaof country upon the ocean still solicits the

Among the subj"cts which have here- i M' Kebbms intioducid a bill providing totm e occupied the earliest solicitude and fr the adjustment of controversies arising attention ot Congress, is the management bt. tween Uie slates and the United States, and disposal of that puiionot the piop- ' which, w a icad and passed lo a second ci ty ot tne nation which conis's of ihe ' teatimg. The hill for distt ibuting apubiic lands The acquisition of them, niong the several stales a portion of tho made . it the expense of the whole TJoion, : evenues ol the United States" vas refernot only in tteasu'c but in bhod, ma ks a ctl to a select eummiit-c of seven. Sctigot of property in them tquallv exten- I 'ect ommittt i-a w e e also i ais d upon ho sie. Hy the i eport anil statements hum j sur i ing w.u t ioi & ot ihe re olution, upon theCieucia: Lmd Ollicc, now commtini- 1 l rencli spoliaticjtis. art! upon he rcsmucaicd, it appeals that, under the pies ! lion of the tevisal and arra;V't mcnt of the cut government of the United Stales, a rules of the Senate. 'I he hid authorizi g sum .;u!e diort of thbty three millions ol i the Legislature of tin s'ote of Indiana to iloltais, has betn pod ir. the common : fee 1 1 the latuls heietotoie appic.jriatcd for l rea u t y , lor that pti lion of this proper- ! the ue ol schools, w as ortl. t ed to tie enty w nic h has bc t pu d asetl liom Fiance j g.tstd ior a ttiirtl reading, and Spain, and for ihe extinction ol i he ah- In the lit use of Hepri scntaUves, !r. oiginal title. '1 he amount of lands ac ! Mitchfll ot '1 ennesee, ijficrt d a resnluqo'ntd is nearly two hundred nd Mxty j tion i elati ve to the rcrmvalf the Indians millions of acres, ot which, on the fpt of , m the w est ot the ViMvsipp , and p! jemjj January i 8'6, about one hundred and 'I ir- j them under n tc-i"rial gov c. ii.ncnt ty nn e mi:li.ns ot acres had letnsiuvty S verai npis w,p re; oitrd. and stvetal ed, and little mote than nine teen milliei s ; petition tcpo-ted on on! .vf)rab'v Aof acre s h;ul been sol cl The amount put! . n.ong the bids tcporied " ;,s finc from ihe into the Treasury by the purchasers ot ihe Sclet t i oinn.it te on that vJ j"Ct, to auhuuls soltl is net yet equal to the sums paid : thoi iz- the : c :upati n of the mulh 1 1 the tot the whole, but leaves a small l aiantc O egon river A bill o'so rfp-t;rtl to be i eluntkd ; the proceeds ot the sales by Mi. Strong, alhuvi. g t ' e Sp r ish inot the lands hav e lo: g been pietlged to t!ie j h-bii .n s ol Ft tido. who were tesidents cietiiturs d the nation; a phdge from wlunthe tenrory as transferred to this which we have reason to hope that they i country, in Bt '.the riht of votinjr jp a. will in a very few years be tedeemrd j ny (Itc'mr.s I Lcgis'ativr Count it. Del-

1 The system upon which this great nation- ; al interest lias been managed was the re- ; suit of long, anxious, and persevering de j liberation; matured and modifnd by the t pi ogress of our population and the Icsmuis of experience, it has been hitherto etui ncntly successful More than nine tenths of the land s still remain the common i property of the Union, the appropriation an;! disposal of w hich are sacred trusts in

the hands of Congress. Of the lands sold, a considerable pait were conveyed under extended credits, which in the vicissi tudes Sc fluctuations in the value of lands, and of their produce, became oppressive-

cgatc s to Cot grcss. or any other officer.'I his bill was oukret! to be engiossed, Sc read a third time to day. Dretmter 9 In the Senate yesterday, the bill providing lite adjustment of controveics betwetn the states was read a second time and referred to the ( ommittce on the Judiciary. The bill to abolish imprisonment for debt was taken up.-in committee of the w hole, and was advocated in a speech of coostd- rable length, by Mr Johnson, of Kentucky. In the House of Rcprcsc tatives, a bill was reported fiom the committee on public laodi, granting relief lo putchasers cl