Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 41, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 November 1829 — Page 1

WESTERN SUN & GENERAL ABTERHSEK

BY EL1I1U STOUT. VINCENNE8, (IND.) SATURDAY, NOVKMBEIt 21, 1829. Vol. XX. No. u.

THE VliSTEliiN BUiN The swords was presented to him by con-

IS published at 2 50 cents, for 52 num- gress, and the sabre, I believe by the body ol bcrs ; which may be discharged by the pay- the army who fought under his orders at ment of g2 at the time of subscribing. New Orleans. These two arms of American Payment in advance, being the mutual in- manufacture are remarkable for the elegance tercst of both parties, that mode is solicited, of the workmanship, and yet more for the A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at honorable inscriptions with which they are the expiration of the time subscribed for, will covered. But it was particularly to the pisbe considered a new engagement ; & no sub- tols that the General wished to draw our atscribcr at liberty to discontinue, until all ar- tention. He presented them to General La rcarages are paid. Subscribers must pay the fayette, and asked if he recollected them? postage on their papetB when sent by mail. The latter, after some moments of attentive Letters by mail to the Editor on business examination, answered that he did remember must be paid, or they will not be attended to. them to be those which he had offered in Produce will be received at the Cash 1778 to his paternal friend Washington, Market Price, for subscriptions, if delivered and that he experienced sincere satisfaction within the year. in now finding them in the hands of a man Advertisements not exceeding thirteen so worthy of such an inheritance. At these lines, will be inserted three times for one dol- words the countenance of Old Hickory was lar, and twenty-Jive cents for each after in- suffused with a modest blush, and his eye sertion longer ones in the same proportion, sparkled as in the days of victory. " Yes'

ICfPcrsons sending Advertisements, must said he, " believe myself worthy of i:"

cal institutions, and the general diffusion oil misted with any money for the use of the knowledge; and no spot within it better calcu- post office department. The challenge will

luted to pioducc the enjoyment of life, from

us ujmaic, abundance ot its producls,3ie ... .ii .1 . -t

xy ami location, man Delaware cuuiity,rcji sylvania.

I beg therefore, Gentlemen, to drink, Health and prosperity to the citizens of Delaware county, may they long enjoy, in their rich and fruitful fields, their flourishing manufactories, and in their abundant mineral products, all the wealth and happiness that honest industry and patriotism merit.

not be taken up because my declarations

cannot be disproved or gainsaycd. No man can be a defaulter, who has never had in his hands funds collected, received, or in trust to be paid over on demand To predicate to the contrary implies absurdity. But Mr Barry, it is allcdgcd, is the bondsman of a deputy postmaster, at Lexington, who has not paid up the moneys received by him in viitue of his office. That is another thing. In that case the deputy postmaster is ihc defaulter, and not his brndstnen. Securities on penal bonds ate liable to stifTcr for the default of their principles, where the par-

; i.a.i.-a uuiuitiai inte : est in t lie ntuaitv

duties of his post-oflice department demands

specify the number of times thev wish them I pressing at the same time to his bosom his of its head unremitting application, and in-

inserted, or they will be continued until ord- pistols uid hands of Lafayette, " If not for volves him in entensive official rcsponsibiii

crcd out, and must be paid for accorhr.rlv what 1 have done, at least ivhat l desire to do ty ; and therefore every calumny and misre-

sai for my country, presentation demanding refutation and cor-

Rxtract of a letter to the editor vt the UilciaS " All the citizens appiamieu this noDie con- reclion, necessarily consume some of the

From our Correspondent. Washington, 27th Sept. 1822. With much plcasutc I proceed to redeem

my pledge, to disprove the charge of default j has not by his own act exonerated them upon Mr. Ban y, made recently in utter w an Just so is the case under consideration, as tonness, while he is vigilantly and faithfully i will be made explicit bv the fnllnuimr

occupied in the discharged of the ai duous I ment :

In 18 13 John Fowler, on the rccommerda-

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Advertiser, dated Hock Island, Scfitetiber) fidencc of the Patriot Hero ; and felt con- time alotted to the public service, and devo

18, 1829. vmccd that the arms ot V aslungton could ted to the security of the Postmaster-Ge ne " About the 10th of August, a war party not be in the better hands than those of Jack- ral himself from in jury through the ncgliof about eighty men of the Sac and Fox In- son." - gence or error s of those under him. In eve dians started from the different vilages on t y instance of false accusation and unmerited the Mississippi, against the Sioux. After "CROWDING." abuse, gotten up with the semblance of truth, traversing the prairies they reached the Mis- In one of my exclusions on the frontiers and suppoited by assumed ciicumstanccb, it souri, near the mouth of Pipe river, without of Missouri, I came to a log cabin, with is due to the honor and purity of the adminmeeting with the Sioux. They sent spies five or six acres under improvement, sur- tsti ation, as well as to his own private chr.racacross the Missouri, who discovered an en- rounding the' house. The usual salutations t:r, that Mr Baa ry vindicate both ; in doing campment of about one hundred lodges of were soon ended, and I found the occupant hichhemust necessarily take time to furSioux, and returned to their party without of this retired spot to be a man of the name nish the testimony and explanations rcquirbeing discovered. A council was held to of Hood, a Justice of the Peace in Gascon- cd By the repeated assaults upon Mr. Bardetermine what should be done. The old rule county; a section of country wclldesig ry the people of the United States arc deepwarriors declined crossing the river believ- nated by the old woman's graphic of her son's ly injured. They have aright to his time ing the enterprize too dangerous. Forty residence of "a few miles beyond tha West- and talents, and all efforts to deprive them'of young men determined to cross the river the ward." The old man led my horse to the either, savours ol treason against the pubVic next day, and to take them by surprize. Fv- stable and returned to dinner; as he sat a stool good. 1 need not add that great efforts hae cry preclusion having been made during the up to a large stump which occupied the place been made to assail the present administra night at day-light the patty crossed the .Mis- ol a table, hh said with that hospitable blunt- lion through the post office department. Fauuri by swimming, and on rafts, armed with ncss, so peculiar to the inhabitants of the ven the editors ol the National Intelligencer,

lion of Mr Clay, was appointed deputv postmaster, at Lexington, Kentucky ; and bonded wi ll Mr James Morrison and others securities. In the course of the year 1818 the securities of John Fowler were advised by the then Postmaster General, that he was in delault, to the amount of g5000. There being no disposition to displace Mr. Fowler, he was permitted to continue in office, giving additional security, consisting of Mr Barry with five other gentlemen. At the closr- of the quarter in which this arrangement took place, Fowler was in arrears to the department 86,873 36, for which as securitv the

Postmaster General held the bond signed with Fowler by Morrison and others. The x esponsihility of those in the latter bond com mmccd on the 1st January, 1819 having of course no lelation to the arrears then existing ; while the foimcr bond covering the said at rears was in no wise cancelled, but was continued up to the time of Mr. Fowler's removal. By this statement it will be seen that the bond in which Mr. Barry was involved with his co-obligors, was additional to the

first, and with the first security only, from the

spears and war clubs, having left their guns Western wilds, "Pcihaps, stranger, you'll respected members of society, have admitted 1 st ( f January, 1 8 19, as before slated. Let with the party that remaned. On their reach- set up and skin a 'later?" A good appetite in their publications sundry paragraphs cal- j this be constanJy borne in mind, and the se-

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ing tne west num, uiey uiscovercu by the wants no compliments; anil in mis case 1 cuiaicu to create msirusi oi inc auiiuy and noise in the Sioux' camp that they were think I used as few as a Yankee school-mas- integrity of the Postmaster General; and drunk They accordingly rushed into the ter would in eating a luncheon with his schol- more than once have taken into their univer camp and killed five men, seven woman, and ars. After partaking r:f his bounty, I asked sally respected columns, articles from otlui four children ; ami made a prompt retreat, him how h: liked the rountry, how long he papers foreboding derangement and ultimate having l ist two of their party killed and sev- had been there, kc. He answered, "I like uin of the department over which he preeral.woun.1rd. They continued the retreat, the country well, hut 1 am going to leave sides. I would disdain to quote other papers day and night fur fear of being pursued. One here." "V . - - ;iace more con- by name, which have more than once ir.sinuof lli? most active of the party anived at the venient lor seiiooiiii,,? ' h dd 1. "No," he re- ated thai a system of espionage had been invilage on the 1 3th of this month. There- joined, "No I'm too much crowded toe iroduced into the establishment, for parly

mainder will be here in a few days. much hampered tip I've no outlet the and political ends ; and that in two instances On the 12th of this mouth a shocking mur- range is all cat out I'm too much crowded." priate letters committed to the custody of der was committed at ihe Sac Vilage. A 'How,' I responded, "crowded? who crowds deputy postmasters lor conveyance, had been isSt young Indian became jealous of his wife, you?" "Why, here's Burns right down broken open, their contents copied, and fur- " '. She had unfortunately gone up to Rock is- upon me right dovn in my very teeth nished for publication. In the case ol ihe

land with other Indian women, to trade mo- stuck right here! and then on the other side, editors of the National Intcligcncer, the ex

casins and mats with boats that were laying I'm hampered up they're crowding in p cssion by them of suspicions or fears of the at the foot of the rapids. He became so ex they're jamming me out the neighbor's are safety of hc department under the adminis-

aiper.tted at her having gone among the white too thick I'll not stay here another season!" tration of Mr. Barry, is more to be regarded

people, that be look his knife and tomahawk, "Well, Mr. Rood, how near arc your neigh- than direct charges made by all other papers and followed her to the island. Not finding bors," I asked. "Why here's that drolled in opposition to ihc axecutuc. And thereher there, he retcrncd to the vilage. He Burns, stuck down here within fifteen miles; fore it is, I have felt regie t at seeing in their

found her some time in the night, and mur- and then on the other side they're not much columns reflections calculated to alarm the dercd hrr iti the most barbarous manner farther. I'll never live where a neighbor public, and in some measure to make them

first cutting off one of her hands, and mang- can come to my house, and go home the accessary to the very end they hae so mor-

lunj her until she died. Nothing has been same day. Poor man! thought I, as I left bully lorctold. I dare challenge them lo done with him for this bloody deed. his dwelling to resume my journey, you mention one fact lhat ought, in itself, to

An Indian murdered his wife last spring would not call this crowding if your family excite any apprehension of the failure of the

near the mouth of the Iaway river. The formed one ot the layers whero six or eight department; while at the same time I can

chiefs counselled several days before they live,one above another! But on reflection, I venture to disabuse their anxiety lor its safely I . . t I ..... I r .. T .1 ., I . lit I.. II .. .1 !- .1 . i

coum agree wnai was 10 oo uonc wnn mm. nnu mere are oiners "crowucu anu "nam- oy an asbuiiunt inai, in a very soon nine,

Piny at length sentenced the murderer to pcrcd up," as well as Mr Rood. they will have "evidence of the imirovc mi nt

wear the skin of a crow suspended from his Alexander was so "crowded," tllat after which has been effected by the late icvolution l ight ear for two years." conquering the w orld, he wept for another to in it." I know enough to anticipate on their

conquer. part no little mortification when they shall Napoleon was so"crowded" in France thai have been furnished with that kind of tcsliMoscow appeared the only breathing place; mony in this matter, which honest men will and when he came in possession he found believe, that this resolution so much deplored not as much elbow room as Mr. Rood had. has greatly enhanced the revenue oj the de In our own country, we arc all "crowded." partmcnt,a"ul increased its means nf usefulA trip of 500 miles to Pittsburgh, 1,100 to ness bejond any thing in its former histvry.

son, resi.ling at the distance of some miles the mouth of the Ohio, and 1,100 to New In that event they will be houcst enough to up the river. Wc there found many ladies, Orleans, is not "outlet" enough it is a mere admit that Mr. Barry is an able anil successful

and neighborhood farmers, who had been in- morning visit. Ihe mouth ol Columbia or if in lact, he be not the most able and sue-

vitc 1 bv Mrs. Jackson, to come and take part Gulf of California arc the only country pla- ccsslul Postmaster uenctnl siucc the founda

at the leic snc uau prcparcu lor uen. L,a ccs tor a lamuy. nujato Jtciuoucan. uon.

f-ivcttc -" Several attempts have already been made,

VUe first thing that struck me on at riv At a public dinner given to Commodore in papers friendly to the executive govern-

LA FAY FT TF AND JACKSON.

The following is Lavasseur's account of

General Lafayette s visit to the Hcrnu-

ftairc, the country scat of General Jackson :

x" At one o'clock we embarked with a num

erous company to go to dine with Gen. Jack

quel will be the more clear and intelligible.

At the end of the year, 1821, Mr. Fowler was removed, on account of Ids continued delinquency, at which time he was in debt to ihe department, including the arrears due the 1st of January, 1819, say g6,873 36, the balance of 810,363 92. So that it would appear thai from the 1st January, 1819, to 3 1st December, 1821 Fowler's default had increased g3, 493 56, when dining the same period it appears, by the state of his account with the General Post Office, he had actually paid up the sum of g9,929 64. Of the amount thus received since the date of the latter bond R6,873 26 were applied lo ;hc discharge ot the arrears prior to its date, and

thus it was attempted to exoneate the securities in the first bond, by the application to its satisfaction of the funds which had actually hecn paid into the office to the credit of the second. This attempt, so unreasonable and unjust, was piopeily resisted, not only by Mr. Fowler himself, but also by his second bondsmen, who must necessarily suffer in its operation. . That there may be no question of the truth of this statement, I will here quote the opinion? and directions of Mr. Fowler, to be found in his letter, now on file in the department. "I have always intended that the payments made to the United States, since the execution of my last bond as Postmaster, should be applied lo the discharge of arrearages accrued since ihc execution of that bond: and it not so done, I have lo d sire it to be done. It never could have bctn my intention to

make my securities in the last bond, responsible for the balance w hich may have existed agsinst me previous to iis execution, which would be the case if the payments which have been made from the receipts of the office since the new bond was executed, were applied lothc balance due on the first bond. If any other course has been pursued in the settlement of my account different from the one here pointed out, it has been contrary to

my wish and knowledge; and I have to direct

in at the residence of Gen. Jackson, was the Porter, at Chester, by his friends in Dcla- ment, to refute the charge against Mr Barry ! thai all moneys received from me since the

simplicity of his habitation. Still a little gov ware county, .on Thursday the 22d of Octo of being at ihe time rf his appointment a de- exci

crue l bv mv Furopcan h.ibits, I demanded

if ihW could really be the dwelling of the most popular man in the U. States; of him whom the country proclaimed one of its m-?st illustrious defenders, and in fine of him, who, by the will of ihe people, had been on the point of arriving at the supreme magistracy ? " Gen. Jackson shewed us, in all their details his garden and farm which appeared to be cultivated with t1 greatest intelligence. Ye remarked cvc ' here tire greatest or der and the most per 1 . t prosperity and might

roadilv have hcliov 1 ourselves with one of

the richest and m hi willful farmers of Germany.

m ()t, j c entering the house some friends of On. Jackson, who probably had not seen him for along time begged him to shew them the arms that he had received after the list war. Uc yielded with a good grace to thrii request, and caused lobe placed on the title a bibre, a sword, and a pair of pistols.

bcr. he addressed the company as follows: laultcr lothc rsost fficc department. Some

Gentlemen: After a painful absence of them have not t.oru Mi. Barry justice from my native country oT nearly four years, while others have in some degree lurnuhed it afforded me unspeakable joy to be landed explanations tending to allay public feeling, at the spot where, twenty years since, I form- which had been highly excited by the bold cd my nearest and dearest connexion to be andinttepid terms in w hich the charge was placed at once in the bosom of my family preferred. The truth is, however, Mr. Barto be surrounded by numeious friends with ry is not, nor ever has been a defaulter to the whom I have passed the most happy period department; and those who originally propaof my life, and among whom, were it left to gated as well as those w ho have since circu-

my choice, I would cheerfully pass the rc- latedthe slander, were, and have been all ihe mainder. while, conscious of its falsehood. Mr. BarA wanderer by profession, and heretofore ry at no time has had in his hands any funds by inclination; having seen much of the of the department. It is not even pretended world, and experienced many of its vicissi that he has ever collected, or in any way re-

tudes, and having had an opportunity of mak- ceived, or been entrusted with, one dollar being a just comparison of the enjoyments longing to it. Then of course he cannot be which each country and place I have visited a defaulter. Those who have preferred this affords, I am fully and firmly convinced that charge, not only against him, but against the there is no part of it, where mankind enjoys administration generally, arc fearlessly chalso great a share of happiness, as our beloved lenged to specify a time, or an instance, when

countrv; originating principally, in its pohti- Mr. Bany collected, received, or was cn

execution of my last bond, now in suit, be ap

plied to the discharge and satisfaction of that

bond." Through the negligence of the department it seems that the bond was lost or mislaid; and to recover the whole airears of Fowler, suit was brought against him and his securities on the second bond. A more iniquitous and partial proceeding cannot bo , found on the records ot any court. The defendants of course demurred, generally, to the action, and were sustained therein by the judgment of Justice Trimble, then presiding

in lhat circuit, i hat there may be no ground of imputing favoritism or lenity in the prosecution of the defendants, it is only necessary to state, that the counsel for the department was Gen. M. Bibb, Esq. and for the defendants Mr. Crittenden, the late district attorney of the United States. It has been daringly and impertinently stated in contempt of the decision of Justice Trimble, that the party

defendants escaped by a "quibble; but it is