Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 August 1829 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN fe (KENISHAL AQYERT1SE18

BY ELIHU STOUT.

VltfCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AUGUST 1?8.'

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Vol. XX. No. 27.

THE WESTERN SUN IS published at 2 50 cents, for 5 2 num

bers ; which may be discharged by the payment of S)'2 at the time of subscribing. Payment in advar.ee, being the mutual interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failuioto notify a wuh to discontinue at the expiration of the time subscribed fr, will be coniidcrcda new engagement; a no subscriber at liberty to discontinue, until all arrearage's are paid Subscribers must pay the postage on their papers when sent by mail. Letters by mail to the IY.itor on business

must hz paid, or thev will not be attended to.

into the sUte treasury this for 40,000 polls in the state would amount to g5000 annually at least, and with the interest at six per cent, would give at the end of ten years 266,500, at least but with the addition of the annual

strike conviction on the minds otall who are l

not determined, like Mr. Kendall, to ruin the character of every man whom it has pleasei the new President to dismiss from Odice.

Sometime in the year 1827 it was though!

increase of pells would amount to more than ! expedient and necessary by the Secretary o

one hundred thousand dollars. the Navy to authorize certain expenditures And, can there be in our country an indivi- j for the service, for which there was no speci dual rich or poor with children or without i fic appropriation To promote his object, it

them bearing the name ot lreeman and en-' became necessary to make advances at vari

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i'xonucE win ne received ai me k,gsi Price for subscriptions, if delivered within the year. Advk:itist:mej;ts not exceeding thirteen it v. iil be inserted three times for one dolhr, and twenty -jive cents for each after in

sertion longet ones in the same proportion. fr;r Persons sending Advertisements, must npecii'y the number of times they wish them 5r-!-e; led, or they will be continued until ord- - cd out, and must be paid for accordingly.

ous times to the amount of 4t50, which, in

stead of being made in the usual form of requisition directly from the De partment, rcie made by me in drafts on yourself nod the Navy Agent at New-York, and charged to an ap

propriation which it was supposed could best

joying the privileges of a citizen who would

object to the appropriation of 1 2 5 cents annually from his pocket, for the diffusion of knowledge, and the extension of the means of acquiring happiness, respectability Sc wealth, to a whole people. If any such there is, let

him remember that it is only the pi ice of a j bear the expenditure until a regular transfer

bushel of corn ot a pound of lead of an could he made. The funds to meet my drafts half pint of whiskey If any such there is, I j were icmittcd to you directly by the Sccrctaenvy him not his head nor his heart the I ry out ot arrearages. No account w as opened contraction of the one, can only be equalled against the individual to whom these advanby the debasement of the otheu. Let the poor ces were made, because it was deemed best to man remember that education will open for wait until his accounts were finally rendered, his childrc sources of happiness and pros- This was not done until some time during pcrity, without it, closed to them. And let the List winter. The moment the account the lich man recollect, that such and so ccr- came into my hands, it was referred to the tain arc the vicissitudes of fortune, that by ( Secretary of the Navy, as without his approv-

j providing a permanent fund for the inatruc- j al and sanction, 1 !ud to authority to aliow cl- lion of the poor, he will secure the advanta-jthe expenditure, Dining the process ul

r '. annually for 'the support of free I ges of education to his own descendant8. j these advances, as your accounts an i ihosr; of ;.. t v:, ecu d to 10 cents at least upon j There is one source of revenue, which Mr. Paulding came into tin- oilice for quar-

seems to me peculiarly lit lor an appropna-! tony scii.cmrnt, my ch-alts, umapprevc'i

lion m su ' )oi i oi irec, simouis. jer rciaii- uiey were nv i ne rsccrciat v oi inn A a vv, couto

ers of sj"n its be compelled to contribute to the formation of a school fund. Intemperance in the use of spirits has become the cry- !

ing rin of our country its stain at home and j Secretary. Th.s was chine in c cry instance, its disgrace abroad. This vice pel vades our and the voucher, for tiic whole amount aie landits extent, can only be equalled by the j now in the hands of the. Lie Secretary of the certainty of its effects. What vice, so much i Navy, who delayed his sanction until it could

1 as this disqualifies man for all the duties of i be affix d to the final account, 'j his last, as 1

I i T i T 7. W K V V. 11 N S V X .

t!i state of Aiainc ca:h town is comp

In the Vv ar the pro

;u - of this tax was ' -'C'OO, which is equ to th iiUercst upon S3,? I 6. 600. There Vcie then in thai state l,r00 school houses

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inhabitants.

New-ll.vpsh.irc, with a population b-v.u .?."m),(0-; i:; i S.M levied a tax of &9

i Hit- sOPO'M L ot sctioo.s. I uis sum is

not immedi atclv b

the examining cu rl; was d'.ieced to

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end

these items at icier the xouchcis to th.c

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annum for each inhabi-

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tart In t-.e vrar 1027, 2 i towns ou of the ;0 t y.-.'v.i in Massachusetts, made return that in t v-ar t'.iev had raifed bv taxation C)-;-() i'.-v the support of 1,725 tree schools n ; ' th 0 i i the saaic towns, tliat ear, Sl'V : h been expended for tuition in nine

i. c ', a. id uf'v-two private schools.

I vitiates his heait anddcthc level rl the brute. VhM

troys his mind

grades him to

vice, ro much as this, desl rovs tlie peace and

tranquility ot the fuc aide ? It destroys its endearment annihilates its affection & mars

its enjoyment. Ami especially, what vice, so

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poo, I lit- s',: i nc

was then immediately referred by me to the Sccrctaiy. His long illness and inabirtU''fy attend to business prevented it. from "Ui! acted upon, and the w hole affair, unconscious as I was cl impropriety, escaped my recol lection until the KMhol March, when i h nrncd that I was to be removed from ofTec Ii then for the first time occurred to me, thai the transaction m:p;ht be m misrepresented 5c discolored es to clVeet my character, unless

n'ctieot. in the year !82o the income j much as this, visits the iniquities of the pa

!:,; school fund was S0,000. In addi- ! rent upon the child ? It entails dirace, povsc siip.i of 5 43,000, or about 16 cents jetty and wretchedness upon families. Let ir.h 0: bant, was raised by taxation lor j this vi:c then, so tiisgraeeful to our national

jportof free sch.oois during that year, j character so ruinous to the peace and pros- explained to Mr. Paulditn and yc.tirr.elf. the bcii'scl fiir., I of the slate ot New York pcrity of families which deprives so many j only two agents upon whom my drabs had is t' th.c sum of S1C3 4.523. In 1 828, j infants of their natural protectors, and pro- ! been made, and I immediately wrote to both

sii o ad;-a:i'M) to the towns g 1 00,000, j vides for them an hentaro of disgrace and i oi ou a tull cxpo-.nion ol the reasons for sus- li.c;nai.tiy charm Dr. Watkins with fraud. ; -...i the towns raided by tax 10-209 and j poverty and ignorance Let this universal pcmhnr; those heme, in nnr accounts. You Who wa- Hie guilty and maiinai.t man? See the urthn- som of S -' v" 1 derived from j scourge, be made, if p.issildc. to contribute to tell me you havo :;ot received my letter; the what lanu:a;c Dr". Watkir.i held in Ibion.

tho local fnndir-f cntatn tov;is It is orthy i ine instruction ot .hoe it has rendered desti- 'same late uas attt ndi-d all my letters which 1 j The Clay presses throughout t!e Ur.ioi!, aial

of remark t! v. the tonus hv a i'c.u:i;ar: a.r ; tutc. 1 ncre ate more toan live hundred re- wrote an?i lett as usual to the cac ol the mis-rai-i? 1 more than wa ucjuired to j tailcrr 1 of spirits in this st?te. Live dollars I sender of the oilice ) the 1 C:th, 20th, and '2 i V,

peace or lasting misery ot an im (.rent, excellent wife and ten children ! neb husband md lather appeals to your rncicy tosac,i.ot 'limsclt but them, from shame and contumc ly. Driven to desperation at tin.es by the embanassments in which his long U aidcnt political wailarc involved him, every other source of relief exhausted, he resorted to the use of his ollicial authority to raise funds, which Ire most firmly believed at the time would result in no loss to cither the public or to individuals Fate has decreed it othcrw ise. Those against w horn he fought, and against whom he would willingly have lost every drop of his blood, have triumphed, and now trample upon the enemy whom more than all others they hated and feared. lie is here, in the hands of the marshal cA Penns Iv auia, on a criminal charge. He was on his way to Washington, whetc Ids family was anxiously, tremblingly expecting him. The enclosed paper wils show how you may save that tami;y ttom wtctehtdrcsr. and Jrgtadation it is the copy of the explanation totccd from him at Boston, and addicted to Mr. 1 1 a 1 1 is, the agent. He forthwith v nt a copy of it to the 4th Auditor, vv ho will uccivc it by this day'3 mail. Cc:nrjd:rt i:, ana the family of the ui etched being whom you cr.ee honored

with the name ot fiicnd, wi'i live henceforth in ignominy S. displace ct:jirmit and. ihcy arc saved. 1 he paj.ets u !c;co to were mislaid during your Icm ilh..s t.i.d absence Iro n office I" O (Joe. ! he cat: write no moic the olhet r is at his elbow to convey him to Washington Write to Mis. V. under cover to her son, Y H. W. at the blanch bank, Washington make her happy, and may the Aiipov.ctful sobless and prosper you!" (Addicsscd to the lion. S. L. Soutlard, I'lentcn, New Jersey.) As soon as the leading was finished, Mr. Southard icqucstcd leave to read the draft cf his reply. No objection was made, and he commenced reading it but was so much affected that he handed it to the Judges, sat down and wept like an infant. His reply was little mo;e Uian a mi.d leiusal to perjure himself for the botufit oi his old friend ! Let the people lead these two papers, end then say whciher there was not corruption and ei a:ic an.ong thos j hitrh in now c r dunnr i he late administration. Li t them i idled that the present Hh Auditor was denounced in the

Clay presses throughout ihe Union tor tr,a-

especially m i;y

; precisely, that their articles might be suppo-

dopted the same tone so

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:n 'o the aid of the public lund. j from each ot these annually would give two

March.

'oi only did none of my letters reach sr d to have come from the same sou ice .

n pcn'vvlvania l lie people are compelled ycats with interest would ptoduee $:3,000. ceived by n;e through the cilice since the first ): I w - crnd lhfir childien to school. I am conscious that the sums suggcstcJVto I mentioned date. The inference is irresistable. ' Yh -i i1, the CaroUnas and Georgia, have : bo anpropi iatecb are insignificant and trih$ that fiom tlie moment it was decided to re-j-nadc !o-tv,-i;..i;:n for clemcniary inslructien in ; in comparison with the object to be attained, j move me from office, it was also decided to

yio s iut ; vomuf iii-iu mi; lOiwiUUOil ul a i uuu pi ,01 ,n--u lit.;. JiiOi'n v; ni.Ur.c i.onm

of n.-.-o. !r s rrov

taxation i fund, however smalt is all important. .'invent to injure my character, and Mr. Ken-

A srho-l fu' 1 is pro v id in 1 in New Jersey. I thousand five hundred dollars, winch in ten '; their destination, but no Icltets have been re-j Look now at the letter to Southaid. '1 hcr6

the hold denouncer of the present Auditor, only Jour da s after penning his denunciation, acknowledges his guilt, and begs his friend to save him by perjury I He acknowledges that ail hi charges cf malignity against Mr. Kendall, or conspiracy and crin e in him and his clerks, arc wholly false; and yet he appeals to Mr. Southard to perjure himself tor the purpose of making them appear to be? true 1 lie even dares to appeal to ihe slllporj-f-r, to bless his ftiend fer pcrjuiing his soul I i his man was the confidential iriend

of Ilemy Clay. He Etill find apologists in

ac'imulation of a lund for the suppot t . How ever long the tormation of a school fund j dall has not scrupled to detain my private coi -

of e -r.ru---n schools In ono respect the ex- j may be deiered, the same difficulties, now respondence with the hope, no doubt, ol find-:vr;-'e of Ohio is iivp i tant to this state. ; supposed, will be exhibited, and the same oh- ing something in that upon which to build O'.i rccrived from the United States the do- jection;, now presented, will be advanced. Ids imputations. rnt i-' of ecch oth section tor the support ol ' Ph.o more rpeediiy a commencement is That he has found hi:, cletks ready to pay

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'nt has been induced bv manifest m- made. tP; more o.uiCiily its advantages will : court to their new master by atdin'c him in

v of thai donation, to resort to the , accrue. Let then, each individual do all he ! his wnrk ol detraction, is "out two apparent

of a er.mmou school fund. The i can to prepare the public, and to procure ! from the fact which you state to me ot th.c o- j Kentucky, and wherever else the influence oC

each l oih section mun ee consi- iiom the legislature the nercsary provision j rasures and mutilations ir. your accounts

nv ot ttie li-.wn- tor tne csraousnmcm oi a tunu tor tne sun. lie may iriumnn in tn.e success oi ms vntai-

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ivriv, an. i must i c expenv-eu in ; port oi a general system ot elementary in-

-n u n longs. ooino ; s:ruction. l ius is rcqun eel oi us, by the gra 1 . : . , . I , j-

r capa.ue o; Nusu"!ih, a v ei y uense ; inuue we owe loinose wno accpureu lor us i-i o n. : the population will be . the happiness we enjoy and by a regard for o i j , the 16 h section i very the prosperity and happiness of cur succcs- . in other--, il is worthless. But ad- , sors who will be affected by every act of

. th.e I o'!i section ; urs and above all, this is required of us,

nics foi a time ; hmt if God -pares my life, he shall ere long be made to feel the full force of the recoil of Ids blow upon himself. As far as relates to yourself in this transaction, your official conduct is unimpeachable; you did nothing but byfry official authoiity, which you could nut dispute. The evidence of that official authority, is probably by this time in the hands of the Uh Auditot, who can

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p. M wcrth c-U'gre price or ht'l1 , by that spirit which leu tire pilgrims to Ply. ;i ,m Piie in'.e'-cst ot this sum is only ! mouth rock which in '76 proclaimed the

veo n income evidently ie.suliici-; national rights of man and which noWtkn j have no plea to withhold from you credit for th: v.pp-.rt ol ' schools. In a tow tship i hidden lire pervades the nations and jJwvW j the stuns paid on my orders. Dome the jusno v Und t'-.e p puhMon will average : ses regenctation to the people of the old con-1 lice to believe that no erasures er mutilations

l Oiiv upon cacn

:ua' t it

Hon tinent-

that spirit of improvement which is ' on the accounts w rc mad- by me, antl with

r'.i!'-s in the town ar nil one chiid : abroad upon the earth, and to the progress of regard to the re oorilcmcnt-., these have been

mi oe ;how cv. on c:c,i lam- vnueh, Americans ai c bound to a lord evcrv ever since 1 cntm : t that olhce, trusted to the

timet!

A i'v. th o a ill ho t t ; eiiibbcn to be in e h Ii o'he w.uds the 1 6th ccli'n vv

insh !nr t hti . 'r . r - ' of m 1 ' v (: '. 1 " r ' " U n : t'-.c c

instruct-

ill fur-

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From the Arc; vs.

UNUS. ! cxaniining clerks themselves, who wiote

i their own letters and forwarded them to the

the war pestilence and famine spirit extends. Loci; at his letter to Souihaid again. Ilia embarrassments, he says, arose Item his . u long and ardent political warfare." Here is a direct admission, that the lac contest was sustained on the part of the coalition by plundering the public ticasuiy: Watkins spent his money o ficcly in attempting to save Ad. unhand Clay, that lie was obliged to turn to the treasuiy for relief! Weic the Jaekcon papers wiong u their charges of abuse ar.d cortuplion i Mr. Han is, the Navy Agent ai Hasten, testified thst Mr. Watkins told him the money was. la'ued paitly in Baltimore to replace what he had diawn. Do you remember The late disclosure of the fact that & lt,CC0 was

' y . nun a w rt:nr

t ruction of each child. A moments ' 0-.'y of a letter frctn a gentlemen in Jl'ashn vs Pi sitisfv any o;,o, that this calcu- i::tc:i to lis f fiend in Franltfcrt dated not uu'air A'th'utith in sonic towns Washing ion, July 17, lS2t.

"h i-1 ::i'.-n v.nmh nv.re th.an congress Dear Sir The jury in the case of Tobiin ovst it w iil not hi ing it. In many i as Watkins have rendered a verdict that as o'd -ceded co.n.r.lies, the population is! fourth Auditor he had procured SjO from

subscribed in Baltimore under pietcncc o enabling Dr. Watkins to purchase and carry

j different agents. If none have been received,) en the National Journal : Do you not rcccl- ; therefore, the failure is.in no instance charge- j lect that he went to Boston w ith the same

: able to me. I am, dear sir, most respect-1 view, and that while there the news of his

fully (Signed) I . ATKINS, j detection reached him ? So it seems, the mo-

uicii'd. D. iiaiuiis, Xcvu .Vf r, Boston. ; ncy was lo be raised by subscription to refund

the amount of this man's draiis ibavvn while

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. r.: ,in a? i ca; n uo oiy ni iiunu j .no.i n iu ins uoi usv.. i oo luua sun mem Moot vMo n one constant scholar j bark to find a general verdict ; j ir i.u t..n. es e must resign ; The following is the letter of explanation,

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n-nm'ut 0! c ovnon senoois to acei- ai.uicsscu oy jLocior aiKiris 10 lUAaCLJVy

v in i nita'i -'t of Oni in a situation Agent in Boston:

v aiir.i'.ar a public fundi nui',1 be pro- Boston, C7t April, 1S2

By the testimony of Mr. Ssu'hard antcrt cral others, this Idler was proved to bTaTe from beginning to end. Every statement in it, purporting to be a statement of tacts, was disproved in the most positive terms. After this was done, Mr. Southard was called on to state whether he had not received u letter from Dr. Watkins cn this subject. He rcpli

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I iu2r:r i nc cnon wuicnis making at j eci nut nc nau received a letter wunout sig there are very sctious ob- j Waliington by the 4th Auditor to blast my nature, but in Dr. Watkins hand writing, on

1 to an increase of taxes tor even the reputation, is ingeniously contrived, and will this subject generally ; but rcfued to produce n purp-nscs. But 1 do not consider any j for a time, perhaps, produce the effect desig- ! it without a peremptory order Irom the court.

ncd; but I have no fear of being ultimately After some discussion, the court required the I i . irf ... .. , i . i i , Wvl

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1 an aware, tin

in un'css it were to operate upon ice

and 'nnnioralitv at this time receive my asvnt. Let a small part of the piescnt revenue, a small portion of some, tax which is levied f rom every class of our citizens be apptopriate 1 to a common school fund. Apjvnpiiatc l?i cents from each poll tax paid

able to tree myself from every imputation. &

to throw back upon Mr. Kendall the infamy which he has endeavored to fix upon me The transaction to which his malignity has chosen to give so black a coloring, fortunately admits of easy explanation, and is susceptible r f Cl,rli 1 9 r-t P.. aT InnnftnrA 1 1 I nnl f i ! n

letter to be placed in their hands. M)h pcru

sal, they decided it to be proper evidence, & handed it over to the U. States attorney, who read it to the jury. It is as follows : 44 Philadelphia, 1st May, 1829. " On you, and perhaps on you alone, my worthy and honored sir, depends the future

collecting matei iaU for Mr. Clay's defence, and w as lo become the champion of that party in this city i MEXICO. :;f.w york, July 1 9. Through the politeness ot (apt. Corieia,ot the btig Maiy Jane, w ho arrived on Saturday, in eight days liom Havana, we learn ihe following ; The day btfoie the Maiy Jane sailed, his B. M. schr. Monkey, lieut. Cole, in company with ihe Spanish biig Ibovidentia, armed with a cargo of slaves, which the schooner had captuu d a few days previous, after ar: engagement of 05 minutes. Thr schooner mounts one gun, with a complem w of 20 men, and the brig is pierced for lH S mounts eight guns and 36 men Many of the slaves had died with the small pox which prevailed on board, and about CO had jumrcdjp eiIlt,