Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 October 1828 — Page 1

WESTERN SUM & (&ENEKA1L ABYERTISEIL,

RY K1.IHU STOl'T. VINCKNNES, (INU.) bA.ITKDAY. OCTOBKK li, ihS8. i. Vot. iy n. an

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JACKSON AT HOME Priv ite character of gen. Jack .71 Vevcr Was a mat mm e on rageously cammniuted, than Andkkw Jacksov has been by the pen sinned p esses ol a corrupt admirtistraion But light is but sting forth, and tiuth is last treading upon the heels of falsehood The true character of this great and virtuous man is becoming better known by the people ; honest men, who wiso for nothing but that the truth should be esiabiished in all things, have stepped forth to rescue it from the obloquy ol depraved politicians. The following testimony of the Rev. Mr. Merrill, is not unsup ported, other clergymen ol the Methodist E piscopnl church, who attended the late Pittsburgh confer rence as delegates from tinstate, also brought bv. k tetimony as to the real character of general Jackson, which fuily corroborates the statements of the Rev. gentleman. St Joiinsbury, (Vt ) Julv. 1823 Dear Sir i write or the purpose o send ing to you a veiy valuable . xtract ol a letter from the Reverend Joseph A. Men ill, of Boston, to N. Rix,jr. Esq in Littleton, N H. It will be recollected that Joseph A Merrill was a member of the Pittsburgh conference which has been so basely libelled by the administration papers. Mr. Metril says, ik I will here state some circumstances which I have learned fiom souices most creditable , respecting i;cncr -l Jackson's private character. Bing in Pittsbin gh, (Pa) at the general conference, in May last, 1 made very particular inquiry oi the delegates from Tennessee and Kentucky, who were personally acquainted with genet ai Jackson, and found that, in every instance, he Was spoken of as a man of great intelligence honor, and integrity, and by the clergy wlvare men capable of judging, and incapable dissembling, (as I believe) he is held in hii-h consideration lor his abiiitits and gi imine A merican feelings and views. I will rive vou

an extract of a letter Irom a venerable clergyman, not far from seventy yeais ol nte, who; has had an acquaintance with general Jackson fo' many years, to whom I anpiLd lor in!or niation respecting general Jackson's private character " In compliance witVi your request respecting gcncial Jackson's private character I vi i: say, and what I say, is the opinion ol all religious people, whoare intimately uc quaimed with him; I have lived near him forty ' years. Dining my long acquaintance, I have found him an honest an intelligent man a high minded and honourable man; a good neighbour, and a true American lie is a tiue fiiend ol the religion ol our Lord Jesus Christand holds the faith that is considered orthodox by all the reformed? churches His house i-, and has long been a com fat 'able home for the weary minister, who calls upon him. He does not proless to be anexpciimental christian, but bel'n es that no m m can get to Heaven without being changed by grace. (Signed) J VMES GUINN " " I he Rev Mr. Guinn intormed me that multitudes entitled to tiie fullest credit, could and would if called upon corroborate his statement " Thus wc have testimony from gen Jack son's neighbors which will refute the slanders of the coalition Please to let Mr. Savage hear or i cad the above extract, St do all the good vou can with it. Yours, with respect, Sec. A K. BURN II AM. Cyrus Barkleijy Esq. The following letter published for the information of many inquiring friends, is from the Reveiend John R bb, of Md. of the Methodist Fpis. opal church, a pious and honor ab'e man, addressed to a fiiend of truth and ic igion, residing in Cecil county, Md. ' Haliimohr, AUG 23, IR28 Dear Sir I am informed that some of our religious friends in Cecil are desirous of knowing something of gene: al Ja kson's character from some one who has a pesmal knowledge of him, I amnot,nec was, and never shall be, a pa.tisan, and nothing could induce me to enter into the political waifare

W V VS I Willi W J k W W W V I IV-t U.VHbV from one end of the continent to the other: t w

but, I conceived it my duty, hen a request

11 U NTs VIM. k, July 10, 828 Dear Sir In youi note to me of the 9nb

instant, you remark that a statement was go

is made for information, to give it, &. as lar as i ing the rounds in -omc ol the western papci s, practicable, correct the erroneous ithpres I that, in the general confcicnce of the Meiho sions that may have been made, injurious to ! disl hpiscopal Church recently held in Pittsgeneral Jackiors reputation, by ptosiituted burgh, Pa consisting ot one hundred and presses, forged letters, coffin handbills, and ninety seven members, there weic seven ot monumental inscriptions ! I J that body ot ministeis, assembled as they It ii to be lamented that men who make wei e from ever) part of the Union, who were pretentions of character, will engage m the , friendly to the election ot Andiew Juckson uniighteous work, of attempting (by false , V.u have also r quested me, as a member ot hood and slander,) to destiov the haul earned the general conference, to inlotm you if this reputation ot one among the put est patriots, ; statement be coirect. Without lukingany of which our countiv can boast, at d piopa- part, on the gita- question which excius so gate charges vjhich thty do not b lieve ih m o.ueh wai mth and interest throughout tht U selves merely lor political put puses; lr j niied State., I tee I I'ee to state, in i c ' to gone indeed must thai man tc, in moiui dc J -ui i otc, i nut no question of a fiolincal char pravity, who can deliberately si. down and ta- acttr was at any 'i,e introduced "r (h.scusxt d bricate charges for the pur pose i b a ke in thr conference to ivhichyou ailudv ; noi the reputation of one who ha-. chne so mucn wil. r, 1 nojn.', ever be the case, that a body ot for his countrv as Andrew Jackson. I Wdi' Method. st .tuutt r.s-, mi t to r!t libe ate i-n the an ofneer in the 7ih regiment o! U sta es in- , buiin ss ui d in'erest.s o! ihe church oi Ci.ii-t, tantry, during the late war. and stationed in; wi.l be tound todepait so far fiom theii holy the sOwth My acquaintat cc with gem rial i iuncti ns, as to ienu ihemtlves 5iii theii in Jackson commenced in i 8 I 4, on his ni 1 1 vat in fluvuto to ihe. po'.i-ical cle ution ol any man New () leans as commander-in tiiiet ui the oi party . on eai h 1 cm tu-ti?er av, that the 7'h mi itaty disttict I have seen him in the j s ate merit, which you iiavt t.ten in tie reus tented field planning the defence ot hisjpjpws is la se in bothot its parts : thefi st, country, I have seen him in th(. battle hot, j which is, that "tiu re wcie one hunditd and

breas'ing the attack' of the inxaderxof our soil, whose vva'ch woifi and couin ei sign wcjc beauty and booty. I nave seen him in the hourof victorv f ke the gowd Sania-itt.n) dleviating the cfTl'oti is, nnd binding up tiie wounds of a f dien enem; 1 W.wv seen him crowned with laurels in ti e presence ol th;ii sands, by the Beau y ot JVevj Orleans,' tvu he had saved ft om the lasciviousi ess of a Ijmi tal soldiery I have seen him in the gay and fashionable circles .of life, divested of the ha biliments ol hu profession, the delight ot the admiring hundreds : in all ot which siiua tions, I have seen him the same brave, nnbie generous high mind' d, pliihmt nr ojk An drew Jackson, and among the n-o-t amiable

ninety seven deiegau s n the genetai cooler ence." Ibis la not true tnere we;?on v tte hundred av.l seventy -seven eiei ted, and some oi tiic membt : s wen, not p'esent I can also, lea' less ot contradiction. prriKiii.ce the second biui.ch of the statement, an unblushiufj faint hood, oi n, pei ips U,i point' a I put poses, I) sriic desiumrg per sol. I heie were nine d-. legates m in she annual Tennessee eonlei tnce, alt ot whom -i c the w ai m .tiitS decided it it rids ot gun u JurUscu I conversed vv i h many vve iti y ,i, cl inieili gem membeis. tiom o her euuletM.cis. who were also fiiendiy to the ge ut at's U c tt n

nd i do vc ny believe tnat he had as vwvy

mends in tne geneiai ci nit itiice . &s i ens

men 1 1 v c saw. Never w.is i mail's cha: uc l uiguist ed con. j cii oi , and pe rhaj more. ter tnorc grossly and wilfully n- tst ef: rt -sent ed j I heie wls Uk tett.ic iio ground, nor the ska it rcquis s only lo."k now him, in acn.iie Mo, J d w ol 1 Undauon tor I lie y. -seiuon in qut s ! know him welhuntl ol his moul v',nn. ;t j lion. '1 l:tis, tit, 1 have given you a p. an mial.de disposition, pleasing and ;.g: ee an e ! sUitcmc nt ol tacts m rctcienc e to the ; s. t manner I have: a rii'ht to speak . the pinions tn-ns al udeil 'o, ul.uli togeihet with my and asst rtions of asp-irirrg eh magogties io tne j nan e y ou are ;;i liberty lo use in any w a J jot. contrary net withstand' g i 1 has been 1 k j.- nper. N chat ged bv his em trties e-1 being piovt ii)iai vMirs veiy rtspe c!lub, "

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iVM mi jii i;hoih v --i v 3' iuv p j charges, I pronounce to ie v. id oi iru-h i have been near hi p. s-.n, at (! w rilon ne.n ; icg, during the most ddhVult anei tr) ing times, and I never hea'd hi-."") utter an c; s ! sion that could give ofT-nre to the on; t ei-li i

Col P-VIiD I j 11 NDON

. M. MeMAIIAN

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Jrl(zd)fe A young mis Du ch 11 tor Uiv ei Cnuc,

wiiiie on I i, wa .o his s ;unii umoi g some

cale ear As I have ncT the pha'i-n-oi ui , ol the wester n Is-olans, ltd sic k neai N si.personal acquaintance, I w mi'd eU i y ut'a ibi, iiun'ssvv. . I lis ms.tis w v i e sinah, anu ny lespectable m:n. in I lar fr.i d e ounty to; the Ciaisis ol Ad)arty. or ih'ji eab uls, ti om

colonel Mitch.el! ol Cecil, and to gcn ia. (:ti i whic mi, c loiiel Towson, and m joi Hook ol es.

Washington. 1 have the honor to be, repec'fnllv , vtn obedient set r.ni, JOHN ROIUi "

Among 'he nurncious tVlehonds prrrpaa

ie ane, v. ire slow in inei. lemtllanHis v soon wont aw v toi u cell

v ine ,tnd 1- yw cung ; 1,'isiioii.c loliowiei; and al.tr v. hiiv he !i. el little rtinoining ot Uie ti-mgs t tl.i- vvoildbu'ta rtiap.s(ii Liin us le- '. f r, atu! a beamy j airol sadehebi'gb. He cal kcl li"3 lannloid, and announ ed a eo..niuou :

ted given cm rency to by the hireling pies-, his icmnant ol ciolhing, he said, w.ud -es. the one refci red to in the cot i esp?.-nd sc. rceiy deli ay the e-Npensts of Sus bin iu. ; ence below, is ot a mrrst unblushing chaiac i and il he rontinued longer a living inmate ol ter; and under a prosecution vvou.d eritiuejihe tavern, it musi be without the hope ot t ie author to a forteiture t)l his ears Evny j cotnpe nsation to those arrrund him 'l i.e ii n species ot defamation and mist e pi esenta'ion j ket pi i was mbariassd ; toi his own slen h s been pu' in requisition to injure general del means did not invite to the v xei cise d J . kson; and we riov find thai a large and j co-.tly In. spiudity ; yet his const ience refused espectabie assemblage ot mifiislers d tire ho tu? n the sick man from his house. Apian

gospel aie grossly slandnre charm eh aged bv tore the pu lie by the Iritnds ol John Q Adams, lor electioneering purposes I he pro pagator ot the sto-y is cne link of that it ihe

at last -'imk him lot the i ended both par ties: UY u must be can led, he said, to the Hermitage, to genet al Jackson's." It was, indeed, a severe trial lor the young missionu

who ue employed more for their tact at iy-; ry , to become the voluntr er guest ot so lorming and misi cpu bcntati' n, than for any pre idab'c a personage, the murderer ot Aibnth tensions to virtue or honesty ; and nothing ' net and Ambiister, who hung the prophet but the last hoj e ot a tottering administration. Ft ancis, ond shot the six militia men Rut

wm d cail to its aid the support of such inia o.ous wre'ehes Huntsvii.lf, Ala July Q;h, !S28 Rev 6ir In the peiusal ed some ol the

there was no alternative : he had no right to remain where he was; and when the general's carnage ar lived to convey him away, hn entered it with a determined feeiing ol a

newspapers ot the west, I discover a report j martyr. His disease was violent and obstinhas obtained currency, which is atte mptcd to j ate ; but af;.ei a f)t might of almost unremit he used pi e judicial to the cause ot gcncial ting delirium, dining which is imagination Jicks' ti Ir is statt d that in general confer was husv with scalps an tomahaw ks, ard ence, ately com etied at Pittsburgh., Pa com ! deed', of blood, his constitution tr iumphed posed ot one hundred and ninety scvendele J Awaking to a consciousness of his situation, gates from the different states in ;hc Union, j he tound himself in an aiiy, comfortable a only seven were friendly to the election of j partmcnt, w heie every thing was quiet, simthe gencial to the next presidency of the U pic, a d unostentatious The elderly matnited States. You wet e a member of that as ; ron, who sat watching silently by his pillow,

j sembly from this distr ict. and probab y have a! might have served for a model of that chari-

coirect idea ot the pre vailing opinion on the ty, which sufiereth long and is kind ; and her subject It is not presumed that conference venerable partner, who came in soon after, de ibeiated on the presidential question, oi j had nothing about him of the fieice and vin made a matter of business of any secular con jdirtive expression, with which a mmbidlan rem, but from the inter course which you ! cv had painted him. As his strtig'h retur freely and necessarily had with each other jned. the s'ranger had many opportunities ol it is reasonable to suppose that the subject studying the character of his host and of rb-

. . j . . .

was casually introduced and spoken gf : I

therefore am led to believe that you are ac

qiainted with their individual sentimmts

ser ving the estimation in which others held him He saw him frank, intelligent, and

kind hearted; the guar dian o' the orphan, the

thereon. Be kind enough on the l eceipt ot j adv iser of the friendless, and the favori'e de

tins, to inform tnc whether the report above

a luded to, be true or not, and what were their sentiments generally on that subject. Le tiuth prevail and justice will be done. I am, dear sir. with entimens of the high est eskem, your fiiend nnd nhdirM eTant, HYRO HRANDON. The Rev. Wm, AIcMahan,

pository of all those trusts, which are onsul

ered most responsible and acr-d among u en He found bis house the refi ge of the widow and the poor, and his table the- patv-rn of hc simple but ro'dial hospitality T the west He sood with him in the morning and eve ning circle of family devotion and heard h;m pray for the foigivencss of his enemies. He

smiled at his own ddusion, as ht contrast, d the excel. ent old chiel with the portrait which his imagination hd delineated St me four weeks afterwards, the young clergyman was seen, rcnewe. in health, wul n.ounted, ar.d his purse well filled by the gtneras liberality, plodding his way to the missionary sa tion His first Utter to his iiitnds told of ihesc things, and invoked the biessing of heaven on i he good Samaiitan, who had relieved him in his hour of need Pennsylvanian, We copy into our paper of to day, the resolu iens adopted in congress, in lelati.m to the sei vices ed gencia; J :ckson to his c untry; they were taken, with the itmaik.s connected with them from ih very ab t add esa ad pied at Hanisburg on tie Sth of August last, by theliieudsol Jackson 'J'he tollowing leso ntions wil! he found arnrmg the laws ot thc'Unitcd Stajes, ad' pted unanimously, in Febiuary, 18 5: Reolvrdi By the Senate and House of RYprcscri'aiives of ihe Uni'ed S ates ol A merica, in Congress Assembled 'I hat tr.o thanks of contr'f-s he, and ihe arehreby giv.n to MAJOR GENERAL J At K ON, and through him. to llu edlieeis ai d seddiera ot the regular atmy, ol ihe militia, and - I iho volunteers underhis command, ihe grea er proportion of which troops consisted ot mdi ta end volunt. rrs - mhU nty c d ced r.gi-(h- ' ' ' 'heir LKlFOHM GVLLANTKY iM.d Got D ( ONDbc t . conii cuou.-iw duf,lay ed aitaimr te er.rmu, ElU) l ME 'I 1 ME OI HI 1, .NDING HI EORE NE ORLENS UN II. II FiN L I Xl'ULSHN HI R Kl Hi) M ? ane paruculu ly top

ihcii valor sk ll ar.d good conduct e.o the eigh'h ff January i si, in 1 1 pulsing, with Liiv.it slaughter, a numerous British army of ch'.stn vi trait troo,.sy when at!t mptii.e. by a bmd and dat ing at t k to carry by stoi m. the vviiiks hasiiU thrown up fot the piotectionof Ni w Oilcans; a; d then by obtaining a n.ost s gnal v ic oy oer the ne n y with a ::iitj ot loss, on s.iv pun, UNEXAMPLED IN" M1LI A R Y ANNALS ' Resoived I hat the pnsid'ntof ihe Uni ted S;tiu s le r que ste d to cause to be si"uck, a go'd o edal, wjih devices endjlentatitai of this splendid a hie e mtnt, and presented 0 n.r j- i gencial J k-on as a te&rim ny ot the h gh yer.se ewci tuv.ed b, ccngttss ot his JUI)l( H)U s and dr tinguuheu conduct on thaS niemorabi' occusi,n Resolved I hat the president ot the Ui.itdh aies be lecjUi -teei to c;use the b egov u: irs' ai'r ns to b. rommui.ira'td lo MAJOR GENERAL J(KON. in such "t sa. I e may de em be st Cuieuialed to givo fiit to the object thcieol." I his testimoi v, fellow citizens, we take to be e onctusive IL reaiethe members o! mo se nate a. d lu i.se of i epi esentativ s ot t lie United stales, w ith all the transactions at NeV7 Orleans Ii sh in ihrir recollections, voluntarily tende i ing rhe thanks ol the nati- u lo the he;o u thi-t petiod- t an such evidence ot hi3 wo tli be aficted by the hired despti adoea" who at. at present assailing him in alt qujrtei s, bee-jus', his citvatin now by the ptoplo w old ut dow i. the tmp oyersot his assailants, never again to i ise into power. 1 j us, fellow ei'.zms, we have shown yotl hat ihe m .ti whose hte is pronounevd bv tf:o. present men in pow er, to have be en fiom tiis e lathe to t he pi csent monu n', n a keel w ith eh eels ol violence and blood,' o! dissipation and vue the most hideous.' stood high in favour uh t ui re -publican presidents, ant. hi3 pi ominent public acts were approbated by the) congress o! the nation. In addition io htso maikt of pnlnit s'ttm, he has been eletitd by the pi orLE to the most important s'ations v u:.m i lit i i gilt He was frtqm miy ele cted a mendier to the !egiiatun f that state He was a on niberol etingres- Sc 'wice elected by the legislature of his own s u e to the senate of the Union ; in w hich body he tesigncd his seat in 1 825, in consequence ot his havingbtenagain nominate d for the presidency. believing that it did not comport with t ho pure spirit of e.ur fie ir stitutions for a member ot cony i ess ro br a candidate for the prt sidential e haii, whet his election ndgh'. under the constitution, de volve upon that body. From he Traveller. Austral. a Bo' any Bay England first sent convicts to Ne' timaidir 7F8 At tliar nine there was not a civ i ize d b-mr nor an Euiopan animal on the iia d N vf there ai e lour I undr e d ttiousand inhab- unrs ; . two humbed tin uand sh ep ; re bundled thousand c a 'e ; three nc wpae ; 2bfci ks; se-eial dis'ine i its, one ol w hich t oi sumes fi'ty th. usi.nd bu-t' Is rd g win in a i i thirty -two steam, and water n. ills ; thirty two breweries; filly v tsst! in the trade with En glar d. China. India, Sec. st boots. chuicheSi reading, ro ms, pianos, post offices, st. go Coacl es. mechanics of all kinds, thii'y taim e s. Sec O the adult inhabitants, abou' oi.o halt arc com icts in tci vitude. one P tilth convicts who have b en emancipated, and nncfomth fiee cmtgiants There are thieo ma'ps one fenia'r. Prom the late Journal of Bo'tr y Bay. The ft ii. ah- p'is iu is by the ll.nr ony. a sloop lately auiied, were all landtu in good

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