Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 September 1828 — Page 2

froil THE WESTERN SUM. J speak the things J knovjV At the commencement of the year 1821, the debt due frou the purchasers of public lands to the United States, was of such a magnitude, and the total inability of the pto pie (o pay so apparent, that the most serious fee alarming consequences would inevitably have resulted, had the then existing laws been suffered to have had their course ; and the public debtors held to the u rigorous import ol disasterous engagements" This deplorable state of things was perceived in its lull extent by our rulers, and prompt and energe.ic

measures of relief recommended to congress

by the executive ; and in March 1 821, a law

"Was passed which hasemphaticallybeenstylcd I and wicked advise, I now avail myself of this .... . i I . .... .

the "relief tats, granting rerms more ac-, oppot tumty to assert, that all I have here sta

ple of the ttest. itead this, U then blush for those men who tell you, that " Adams has done nothing for the west, nothing lor the U nion." Here too, is furnished in a few words an answer to that stupid aiticle insert

ed in the last 41 Western Sum,' copied horn the "Ohio Sun," which is evidently the pro duction of some beer p-t politician, whose mental atmosphere is alone endghtcned. bv the tl murkv beams" of the Ohio Sim," and its kindred prints. As a means of keeping the public in error as to the true character of Mr. Adams, and the policy of his administration, the. people are secretly advised, to receive no'hin as true, which proceeds from his friends; and

as I may suffer in consequence of this unjust

For Andrew Jackson. BENJAMIN V. BECKKS,

RATLIFF DC ON,

coinmodatiug, than the people themselves bad asked, or even hoped lor. At the time of the passage of this law, the public debt in the Vincennes land district, amounted to one million three hundred thousand dollars, and was but little hort of one million in the Jeffersonville district. This enormous debt has been reduced (by the operations ol the law above mentioned, and by the several subsequent acts, of similar import) in the Vincennes office to two hundred and eight thousand dollars ; whilst the balance remaining at

Jeffersonville, must be considerably short ol jesse b. Durham,

this sum. The people of the western stales have jus' cause for self-congratulation, when they beho'd th? great and beneficent results, bi ought about by the operations of these laws. When they see the country relieved from the pressure of an enormous debt. Which paralysed the energies of the people, and threatened ruin and bankruptcy, to thousands of our citizens can they feel othelwise than grateful to those men who aided in producing these important results ? I am confident they do so feel, and particularly to the il lustrious M nroe, under whose administration the-e measures weie first adopted "Whilst I take pleasure in thus reminding the people of one item of their debt of gratitude to James M nroc and his cabinet, I trust I shall be paidoned for noticing one tact, which reflects no small degree of credit upon his Worthy successor. I am the muse urged to do this, when I see certain editors, with the most unwearied industry, and with a constancy of purpose, worthy of a better cause, striving to induce the unenlightened part of our community to believe, that all the acts of the present administration, tend but to shew the settled and determined hostility of its head, to the happiness and welfare of the western states; and that by him, nomeasute has ever been recommended, alcu'ated 'o advance their present or future prosperity. F. nm the mass of facts that I could adduce to pro e the entire incorrectness ol ihese chai gt s I shall for the ptesent select one; not so much on account of its supe rior importance, buf" be caue it is mote immediately connected with the subject, with which ! line commenced this ess.'.y 'I allude to the law ol the ivkst sjs-

ted, strictly dnd positively true, and I chal lenge any enemy of Mr. Adams to prove the contrary. a backwoodsman. September 22, 1828 Electors for President cv Vice-President. Agreed upon by the Conventirns at Indianapolis, in January 1828. Flection on Mondau, Aovcmber 3d, 1828.

sum," dr the other penalties stated, t'd bs remitted. 4. Persons making proposals are requested to sute their prices by ihcyear. 1 hose who contract will receive their pay quartet ly

in the months of May, August, November ai.d February, one m mth af.cr the expiration ot each quarter. 5. No other than a free white person shall be employed to cany the mail 6 Wi.crc the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body ol a stage catriae, he is debited to state it in his proposals ; and I tic suge mUst e of sufficient size, unless ether wise expressed, to accommodate seven passengers 7 Every proposer may c.fljr in his bid to make any improvement in the ti asportation ot He mail, Irom the terms inv itcd, either as

Sale of Real of Property ' ON toe fifteenth ol October next, thcrfc will be a sale in the town ol ErANSville, of the real estate of gen. Elisha Harrison, deceased, consisting of several valuable tracts cl LAXD, and a number of LOTS in srd town The larc and commodiousc i M house, immediate ly on the Ohio river, the ate residence of the deceased, has often attiactcd the attention of travellers, and is certainly a deniable si'uat'mn for a family residence.

C J. BATTELL, ISAAC 1WIHCI11LD. Srptembe r 5. i 828

Lost Land Ccriilicate J O I ICh i- hei ehy given, thai six weeks

alter date, application will be made to

Admstrs. f2-4t

o the mode of transporting ,t, the speed re ljc R .stcI q Land.0fficc al Vincem.es,

For John Q. Adatm

JOSEPH OR R, JOHN WATTS, JOS. BARTHOLOMEW, ISAAC MONTGOMERY AMAZIAH MORGAN.

AWE M t on t the ol iN

WIl.LlAM Low, ROSS SMILEY.

Illinois JaZson Electoral Ticket. Col. JOHN r AYL.OU, of iraiianio cou;tv, Gen. ALKX. M. HOUSTON, ot Crawford, RICHARD M. YOUNG, Esq. of Randolph. Illinois Adams Electoral Ticket. Hon. LLiJAll lhLi'S,ot S.U' uno countv. Rev. SAMUEL II THOMPSON, of St. Clair, GEORGE WEBB, Esq. or White. PROPOS ALb

For carrying the Mails ol ihe United Srates

on the lollowing routes will he received at

General Post Oflice, until thcZjth day

November nexi, inc usive, viz :

IX IXDIAXA

133 From Fort Wayne, to Cary Missiona ry Establishment, once in tvo weeks. Leave fort Wayne every other Tuesday at 6am and arrive at Cary Missionary Establishment-Leave same every 1 ard arrive at fort Wayne on Monday by 6 p m 134 From Green ' astir, by Bla?':sburgh, to Crawlordsvilie, once a ue;k,3 tunes Leave Gicen Castle every Mot-day at 6 a m and arrive at Cian loidsxiho by 3 p m. Leave same pvtry Morry at 4 p n and arrive nt Green Castle on I m sd;y by i oon 135 F'o-n F donia to Fi inccton, or.ce a week v .v y five milv.s Leave F'oloma eory Wi-:mer;rv:'V n' f a m and ai rive at Piincetoi on Ihmsdav bv 6 m Ltavssnme evrrv Frid-'.v nt f.'a m and ar

sion ofcoiiciess, relative to the n-pamen ol ' ' ' evloni.i i-i auiula) by G p rn.

forfeited monovs It is a fact known m 'nit lew

and kept as secret as the grave b sofnr wtio d"j k mw, that to John Quincy Adams, the people of the western stau-saie chr 11 y in debt,d for a measure which has icsiorcd thousands of d'dlirs. ti the pockets of the people, and hi ought y ami gladness to many a Lspnding citizen D any doubi the fjct. Let them read the todowiug cxt.ct irom hi h last tncssige torongrc s 11 It can never be the interns or the policy of the nai--n, to w iny from its owm iiizens the ritas'n.ib'e profits cf their induti v andit terprze, bv holding them to the rigorous import nt disisirous enijage-n'Mits. I iC-mr rro''d o congress the tt vivaL and Cohmn UAnck 'o a further ! rm,t'u- bonfTctut ac Ci iiiooda(itm- o't'c pnb'ic debtot oi' t!e icts ol congress of 18 J & t 86, 'or the relief of pu. chasers of public lands St submit 10 theit co''der nion in the same spirit ol equi y,the remission, under pi oper disciifninations.ol the ta- iritures o" pa- ml payments, on account of tin- purchases o' public lands, so far as to allov of ihcir app icalion to other payments " In compliance with the recommendation thu made , -congress ad ipted the law to which I have tk ferrcd ; and it remains for me to poi:u out some of the advantages, resulting then from to this people. In thv Vincennes district, the muint ol forfi itcd nujney aPi unts to upwards f twenty five thousand dolla-s, and in t ie J-lTers-nville distiictto Tery ti'.ar this sun II r ben is an amount of m o iey it leas' erpui o fifty thousand dul lars, (vhich the ptcpie of Indiana hae reclaimed 4stt were Irom the tomb, and which can cither- bo applied in payment ol debts hereto fore contracted, or for the purchase of lands in any nan of our stale hi the st tts of Ohio an ' 'ib j ma. the sums which will be thus leClaim 1 aie very larc. and by no means inConsilciib'.e in the tates of Mississippi, L uii ma, Illinois and Missouri. I have had Df ttw ans n ascertaining thtr amount of forfeitures in any of these states except Ohio, there it a in exceed, rathe? than fall short of three hundred hou ad dollars, St in the Cin cinnaii district alum-. ( nit h ii will be recollected embtaccs a considerable pan of this state)iam untsto 1 60.t)U0dol!ars, exceeding b ai) ut S t),oOn the deb i em .mini; due from this jtiict to the U States I Rod this fellow ci.izi ns &c remembrt that to John Q Adams, af no. indebted lo having projt c'ed this measure, wht-reby, upwards of half a million of dollars, have been restored to liic pep

'36 Ft)in Uusin-iiSe, oy Su:lby viiio, to K

dinbui;h, once a week, I'oiiy !' r ii.ih Leave Ros' illc evet v S ' Uy at G a ti and ariivr a? Edinburgh by 7 n; Lf ave same every hmuh) at 6 a m and ar live at Roshvillo by 8 p m 137 From Nob'ev C o Crawfordsviik, once a week, lil'y-tvvn miles Leave Noblesviile cverv Sunrlav at 6 a m

Sc arrive at rawfo; ds iile cn M.inoay 1 i a m Leave same evety Moiiday at I p m and ar rive a Nooh sville on Tuesday bv 7 r m 138 Froo Vincennes In 1 sersbut -gh, to Boonville once a week, sixty two nics. Leave Vincennes eveiy Wednesday at 5 a m and anive. at Roonvilic on Thursday by I I a in. Leave same every Thursday at l p rn and

' arrive at Vincennes n Friday by 7 p m.

IN ILLINOIS. 13? Kom M'Leanshmo, bv Carmi,to NewHarmony. Ia once a week lrty three miles. Leave M'Leansboro eveiy Tuesday at 5 a m and arrive at New Harmony b 7 p in Leave same every Wednesday at 5 a m and arrive at M'Leansboro bv 7 p m. 140 Fmm Paris to Vandjliaoncc a week, one huiubed and five miles Leave Paris every Thursday at 10 a m and arrive at Vandalia On Saturday bv 6 p nt. Leave same every Sunday at 6am and ar rive at Paris on Tuesday by 3 pm. NOTES. 1. The postmaster general may expedite the mails and alter the times for arrival and departure, at any time during the continuance of the contract, he paying an adiquatccom pensatien for any extia expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2 Seven minutes shall be allowed for ope ning and closing the mail at all offices where no particular time is jpecified 3. For every fi'teen minutes delay, in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit five dollars; and, if the delay continue until the departure of a ny pending mail, whereby a trip is lost, a forfeiture of double the amount allowed for canyingthe mail one nip, slrull be incurred, unless it shall be made to appear that the delay was occasioned by unavoidable accident ; in wihch case the amount ol pay for a tup will be forfeited These lorfeitures. it will be observed, are Unconditional ; except lor the failure of a trip, by unavoidable accident the penalty may be reduced to the pay for oris trip. That on no condition is this

quired, oi ti e It t qtuncy ot the trips per week

which shall rectiv e due coesidi ru'ion. The number ot the post route shad be stand in eveiy bid, and the proposal muM be sc.iU.d and ditcctd to the geneial pot ofiice., and endm scd "Propolis" Strict at'cir.n : mUst be given to the ci.do: semtnt, as u is no; intended to bcnk the seal of any proposal until the time lor icceivrng bids shall .ave txpii ed. 8 The postmaster general reserves to himself the light ol dtcl.nifg ny contra t at an end, whenever one lailtne happens, which amounts to the loss ol a trip. 9 'I he distances stated are such as have been commiiii cvrt! to this oflice, and some ol them may be incoi rtct : on this subject the contractor must in"otn hiivs.-il the department will not be answet able lor any misiukc 10 In evci; c?se w here the mail is transposed in str;e?, ard tl,c piesent contraeior shall be ih t bid, and the underi iddei shall not have such singe pt opci ty as o.ay be necessny f r the pet foi mnt-rc ol ti e contract, he snail be rcmnred to purchase li om l!ie

piescnt contractor, at a rcasoi.-uMe valuation, I r 1 ,v" "l the vvholo or any part of the stage propeftv, K'r tw state ol icluding horses, that may be suitable lor the j Mcd,r,m ,b "cn.n.rr.ilrtl fc SCltOFUl.A

service, and mah.e payrr.ent there lor, by rea

sonable instalments, as lib pay b. cofn.es due. or as may be otherwise ananged. This will be made a condition in the accep tancc ol any bid, under the bid ol the pr sent contractu! ; and should the undei bidder tail to comply, his bid wili beoffeied to the piesent contractor; but should ho decline making the contract at that rate, the proposal ol the undet bidder will be accepted unconditionally. It is distincly understood that the mail will continue to be carried in stages on every rout' wheteit is nw so convoy ed. II No bid shall be withdrawn after the titoo lor receiving bids shall hav c expired, atid shouid any person tefust to take the con ' met -m his bid, he shall be he'd 1 csponsiblc to he department, for the difT'-renc.: between 1 h bid ,.r:d that at which the contract shall be n.u'do Tl c asignmrnt ot any corn-act, v ithout the consent of t!ie postmaster-gener al, shall forfeit it and in al! cases whetc ap 0 n.ation is made to the dcpai tuv nt to sane 1 n a transfer, the tei ms must beiully stated. Should a contractor or his aj;cnt enac in he transmission f)l rommci ciai information by express on his r?mte. more rapidly tlun the mail, ho shall forfeit his contract. '.2 If a ioufe sho'o'd he eliscontinucd by congress, or become useless, in w hole oi-in

; art, m the oj)inion ol the jjostmaster gener o, he may limit or dispense with the service ' the contractor on making him an allowar.ee

of one month s extra pay. 13 The contracts will all beg

1st, 18:29, and the contracts for loutes

sta'es ot Indiana. Illinois, Missoui i. Arkansas,

l'c r,!iesNSCe, A-abama. Mississippi and Louisiana, will continue lot one year only. Contacts for tonics in Viiginb, th and South Carolina, Georgia, and Fhvida 'cr'itoty, will continue two years, and the contracts for the other routc3 will continue three years. 14 P .stmastcts who receive an advertisement should give every person who applies, an opportui-itv to re adit. JOHN WLEAN. Postmaster General. Post ffick Department, July 23, 1823 FORM OF PROPOSAL. John M'Lkan, 1828. Postmusfer General. Sin I will convey the Mail on Post Route No v iz : from to , lor the yearly compensation of dollars. I he bidder will satc such improvements as present themselves to him. Il in a stage, it will be proper for him to say so. He should distinctly state the number of the route, and not only the number, but the beginning and end of it He should also clearly state his residence, as to the state. a d town in vfhich he lives ; if he be not a conti actor, he must accompany his bids by suitable recom mentations. September 6 3i-9t

in the state of Indiana, for a Certificate of Forfeited Land Stock, for the amount paid rn the fracli'mji section No. 32, in township 4. south, ol range No- onei east, in the Vincennes District, entered on the 2d day of May, '807. and torftited for non payment, agrccablv to law j now claimed by me, under the act of con rcss, 'T23d May last, entitled An act for the relief ol purchasers of public land, that have levcttid lor the non payment ot the purchase money" the original

iceitifica'c of the purchase ot which has been

ioM or desti eyed Given under n y hand this Kith day of Scp'ondn r. 1828. 32-ot HENRY H SIIIVELY,or hirnsrf and o'hrr heirn oj John Sh'v- ly, dereast d. &V,:MS V ACfcA. ttocToinTrUc NAMEE, J L-PLl i FULLY inlcims the public that he Im ..ccpu d the agency of the piopietor Mi ll':t 6;r;r.ol Philadelphia,

lot tiic sale ol I.ismuIv celebrated Pjxacea

ol Illinois 1 his

for the cuie of

1-VII. VLCFIIS,

t'MATiaM SPH1LI-Mi-ncvuiAL and i ll COMrL VINT S.

At d mosf Din ast s ar .s". ,n drbditattd con stitutiotn ' fiom an impure sthte of tht nicod, iSc l?c Ry several l.ig:y r spe raMr r.hysicians tz surgeons of the cnics c l Nc' Y ok ar.U Philadelphia, hose icce-n nc ns aie founded upon their own ; c m rc, in its us; fulness Doctor Mc.lJfFE continues to keep a j:er.cr:u a'.-ct ttr:e n fn ish Druggs and Medicines, fc'r sale at his Apo iikcar ys Store r nd dition to which are the roli'.v. i;.. p ttent Mcdirif.cs - Y'llovj Hater Powders for Horses, Patent Horse PowcU rs, f.r f ri;?, i'evrr a t: d Atf uc Pt r.-d r..

Itch Ointment. W-rii T a Sc fJfc. 23-tf Vincetiru s, Ju.v 18:28. $T Doctor IVOQLV EH'i OX continues to aid Dctoi Mc Namccin the above business, and in the practice ol Physic ar.d i'ur-(j-cry be resides on second stxet, in the house octupiedby the late G R C. Fuln-an Dti'ing the day, from 7 a m. until 6 p m. ho may be bund at the Apothecary- Stote Mark"' s"cet. when rot otherwise engaged.

i allowance uo.i nin.n utes in the i 2 T lhc o0:h (L ,u,.e ! 'iLskWAii. a d continue

IJIack-mitliinii;.

HE subciiber I as engaged Mr B Wel-

man, to supcnnt nd, aiid cany on his Pf Blacksmiths' Shop,

at the old stand, lorn.erly of Smith c Thomsonthe Well known rmnlificatinos nf Mr

Wclman as a good wmkman, will insue a! FKATliEliS WANTED.

liberal share of public patronage All kinds ; THE Printer would be glad untrcive a

oi ketgeu tools made and warranted N. SMITH. February 14, 1827. 3-tf

I he Vincennes Raes,

commence oft

ofOctobei titxt

ontinuc lor thiee d is:

Friht day's race shall be ivto miles Sc repeat t lor a purse ol 80 erti&nt e g o 'I he second day's race, one mil Sc reptat, loi the entrance money of the 1st and 2d day not however to exceed ihc sum ol $5f e-.tianro g5. ;nd the thiul day's race, one single

and such sum of money as shall remain on the 2d day's race, over and above the saio g50, amounting at least to a good Saddle 8c Z?ndlc entiance g2 50 cents Free for any horse, mate, or gelding The winning horso on the first day, will not be permitted to run on the 2d or 3d days Each person may select his own rider. None will be permitted to run on the 3d day that is over three years old Distance, Sc time between heats agreeably to the rules of racing All entrance mo. ncy's to be paid to the Secretary on the day previous to running By order of the Club, S RATH HONE. crry. September 13, 1828 33-6t COLUMBIAN STEAM MILL, ( VIXCENMES ) HI "HE subcriber wishes to purchase v.-heai

awu k.ltti in quantity-ana win take on Whiskey, Beeswax, Tow linen, Flax linen Feathers and all articles of country produce delivered at his Dry Good 6$ Grocery Store, At the Steam Miil Application to be made to Alexis LeRoy, who is authorized to conduct the business. WILLIAM H. NEILwON. Vincennes. June 23. I82R

j lew pound of good nevr Fba7uers for which he will alloy? the highest csh market piicc. E. STOUT.