Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 May 1829 — Page 3

TILE WESTERN SUN rvrciiAWKs, may 23, 1829. Having by request, inserted the name of Gen. IV. Johnston as a candidate for the office of Justice of the Peace, during his ab sence, I am now requested by himself, to return thanks for the kind intention of his friends; an I to state, that however willing. y h2 would devote his time to the duties of any station wherein he could be useful, it would at this time, be incompatible with his other arrangements, to hold a poll for that olTice. The name of Robert liuntin, has also been inserted, as t candidate lor the same office ; he has withdrawn from the contest, circumstances which have transpired since his an nouncemcnt, has induced this chage in his wishes. Mr. George Calhound,ha3 also been annpunced as a candidate for the Legislature; he has requested his name withdrawn from the list of candidates, he never having consented to have it placed there. The last Indianapolis Gazette, says Wc have completed the public printing," wc may now expect the laws of the last session to teach us in a short time. Fires. The Louisville Public Advertiser of the 1 6th inst says : 44 Wc regret that the Transylvania University (in Lexington) was destroyed by lire on Saturday night last. The building is said to have cost about twenty five thousand dollars, on which insurance to the amount of S 10,000 had been etfectcd Preparations for rebuilding it are in progress. The students will, in the mean time, be well

accommodated in some other house." 41 On Tuesday morning last," says the Cincinnati National Republican, 44 a fire commenced among the shops erected for the old foundary eatablishmcnt in this city, which raged furiously lor nearly two houts,and was more extensive in its destructive course than any similar calamity with which Cincinnati had previously been iskcd. Nearly all the tenements, which were mostly of wood, between Ludlow and Lawrence streets, and between Congress street and the river, were burnt, or pulled down, to prevent the flames from spreading. 14 Some valuable brick buildings were also burned, and much household furniture injured by hasty removal. Wc can lorm no satisfactory estimate of the amount of property destroyed ; but it must be great. Large quantities of lumber and coal were consumed, which had been stored on this square." Is a iv a .v o Religiox Wc learn that on Sunday, the 19th April, the U. States Mail stage was forcibli- stopped at Princeton, New Jersey, and the diiver and mail bags de taincd thcru until Monday. It is said a suit will be instituted against the offenders, under the law regulating the transportation of the mails. It appears to us, that those who forcibly stopped the mail cannot be said to have ktit the Sabhath holy ; and we trust they will be severely punished, (if not for their hypocrisy) for their temciity. Public Adv. Gen. Scorr -The Richmond Compiler of the 8th inst. remarks:' This distinguished officer is now in this city. In the course of a few days he wiU set out for New York, with

the view of taking his passage in one of the

Havre Packets, to rejoin his lamily in Franco. We understand that he has been disctwrgVl

irom tne suspension to wnicn ne was suvjLp ted by president Adams, and that he hasTfcvh

furloughed till the 15th Dec. next.

tor Vincenncs township, at the approaching election.

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The Cashier of the branch bank of the U. Statcst this place, has furnished us with the following Louisville Pub Adv. 44 CAUTIOJV. -Five do lar drafts issued by the branches ol the bank of the United States have appeared in circulation, altered to Jfly dollars -The public are informed that the drafts signed by the Presidents, and countersigned by the Cashiers of the bran ches respectively, arc ol the denomination of fives' and tens', and that none others have been issued." Mr. Branch, the Secretary of the Navy, in his late visit to Halifax, North Carolina, declined the compliment of a public dinner, upon the following grounds: 41 In every station in which I have been placed, my highest ambition has ever been to merit a continuance of the public confidence, by a faithful discharge of my duty. For a few days, in obedience to the duties of a par amount obligation, recognized by every generous bosom, I have left the pest assigned me by the greatest and best'W isu In doing so, my determination was rwA rft jtiA,,..i a mo. ments unnecessary delay. -Richmond linq. Counterfeit JVites The public are can tinned against receiving spurious 5's 10's and 20 dollars bills, purporting to be of the Hank of Virginia, payable at the Branch Hank of Petersburg, Lynchburg and Fredericksburg. The engraving and signatures of the President and Cashier, are very well executed, but the paper U more indifferent and of a whiter cast than the genuine notes. No particular marks are recollected about the g5 bills. The circle enclosing the figure

10 on the lelt end ot the ten dollar counter'eit notes, is much more uneven and ragged in its appearance than those in the genuine notes Over the letter K. in the word Bank, in the genuine twenty dollar bills, there is a

small flourish, which docs not appear on the countcrleits. A number of these notes are now circula ting in this city and in Philadelphia ; and there can be but little doubt that active ex eriionsare making in various sections of the country to put them in extensive circulation. Rich Enquirer. Tin in Massachusetts The last number of Tilliman's Journal ol Arts and sciences, contains a letter from Amherst, to the editor, accompanied with a aptcimen of genuine Ntw England tin. It is well characterized, and said to be the first that has been discovered in the U. States It occurs in Goshen, in Hampshire county, Mass. The writer of the letter gives the result of various experiment, to test its qualities, and pronounces it be undoubtedly genuine tin. Courier. I am authorized to say, that Martin Ro niNsoN is a candidate for Justice of the Peace for Vincenncs township, at the approaching election. I am authorized to say, that John C. Holland, is a candidate for Justice of th Pacr

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The Caledian Mercury grss the following the remarks of caiaiu nM Hall, at iho

meeting lately held in-ajin, gh, in favor of Catholic emancipation :V 11 44 1 a n just returned fVqm America. In that country there is far less freedom than in Britain less freedom of the press ; less freedom of speech ; less freedom of thought And this I ascribe to the principles of their government; universal suffrage, Sc the want of an established church. But I have written my observations on the subject, and will tell you all about it by and by. I concur in the present petition, because the measure which it supports is calculated to secure the blessings of an established church ; and because it is to be accompanied with the abolition of the forty shilling freeholders; and thereby to rcstiainthe greatest cuisc in any country -a democracy." From the Montgomery. Alabama Journal March 20 Tht Creeks Wc slated a short time s nee that an Osage Chief had accompanied Capt. Walker on h:s return from the Arkansas. We further learn, t' at a talk was lately held in the nation, which Capt Walker and the Osage attended. Opothlchola, upon being asked if the Osage Chief would be rcciivcd into their council, replied, '4 If he comes as a friend, desirous of beconang acquainted with

him and his peopLe hcVas welcome; but

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came among them and the Creeks ever since have been suspicious ot strangers. A writ from the Cirt uit Court of this county was served on him and some o her chiefs, at which the laughed A bail writ was afterwards sent against him ; but after the officer

had arrested him, he refused to give bail, or be brought to this place, promising however, to attend Court. What other steps will bo taken, wc are unable to say ; we presume, however, the laws of the State will be en forced. A favourable view of Human Nature. Captain Cochrane, the celebrated pedestrian traveller, in his remarkable tour to Kamschatka, says: 44 I feel convinced that compassion is the leading characteristic of those who are termed barbarians, and that man in a state of nature will freely give to the distressed, the bread which he would not sell lor money : I am confident that man is realy humane, and that he gives more from the dictates of a good heart, than from ostentation." Lcdyard makes very similar observations. Salem, May 2. A coroner's inquest was held over the body of a child, four or five years old, in this county, a few days since. The jury found the child to have been murdered. We are not acquainted with the particulars Rumor fixes the murder on its reputed father, who has disappeared. Annotator. Candidates Department. August Election, Monday 3d, 1829.

For Representatives.