Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 10 April 1830 — Page 3

VINCEHNES, AriUL 10, 1830.

The Steam boat Virginian, from LouisVille, arrived on the 5th, discharged a part of her cargo, and proceeded up, as far as York, Illinois, on the nest day, the 6th, she returned, bound for Louisville. The public should be exceedingly cautious in the receipt of Bank notes, particularly from strangers. I was shown yesterday by a gentleman of this place, a counterfeit Five Dollar note on the Bank of the United Stales payable at St. Louis, which is 'a very successful imitation, -nd which u almost impossible to distinguish from the genuine The only perceptible difference without a very minute examination is, that the iincs in the shield which is supported by the eagle at the top of the note, in the genuine are regular and well engraved, while those in the coumcifeit are quite the reverse.

TO THE VOTERS OF KXOX COUNTY. Fellow Citizens: Encouraged by the knowledge many of you possess of my qualifications and uniform habits of life, I now stand before you a candidate for the omce of Recorder; and if sustained by your vo'cs, I pledge myself under the solemn declaration, that "I wilt faithfully endeavor to discharge the duties of the omce." When I thus present myself to your kind consideration, and solicit your support at the polls, on the first Monday of August, I hope you will not overlook a few words toadvance my pretensions. It is known to many of you, if not to all, that with a view to extricate my fjood old father from some enthralmcnts, (the result of mistaken confidence,) and to assist

in the acquisition of a home, where my parents may repose after a life of toil, I have devoted myself for some years past to the Gcaseless discharge of school duties teach jng the youthful mind, a far as I could, the elements of knowledge, and how to hear down every obstacle in the acquisition of it. Experience has now convinced me, that the means derivable from the source mentioned, is quite insufficient to accomplish the object; and I trust I do not overrate the offers ol friendship already received, as I feel deeply impressed by them. Should I be successful, the emoluments of the office will soothe the decline of aged pa rents, and your manifesta'ion of confidence in me, will confer a lasting source cf consolation in every after vicissitude But although it may be justly inferred, that

I Consider suitable worth and merit, when laboring under depressed circumstances, should always be preferred to the income of official employment, as most likely to be attentive in the discharge of duty, yet I do not (with such a hoM of opposing candidates) rest my pretensions solely upon this ground. I stand before you my fellow-citizens, on the happily improving soil of my native county, not disqualified by acquirements, habits, or disposition, tu perform all the duties of the station I ask; and without wealth, or legal finesse to plead in my ochalf, I firmly repose upon the good opinion and consideration of those who know me Irom my childhood. Upon you, the people at large, my destiny must mainly depend; and lor your safety, wc all know, the office of Recorder was created. If my wishes be sustained by this people, I trust my conduct in office shall speak my gratitude. Respectfully, Your Fellow -CHisn, G W CARUTHERS.

ADVERSE REPORT.

2Hr. M Crccry from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to wh mi was

referred sundry memorials and petition up

on the subject of transposing and opening

the public mail on the Sabbath dn sub mits the following as his view of the sub jeet:

The minority of the Committee, to whoof

were referred the rnem jraials relative to the

transportation of ihe mail, and the delivery of letters, Sec, on the Sabbath, beg leave to state the reasons of their dissent from the report made by the committee on tti.it subject. All Christian nations acknowledge the fi t day of the week to be the Sabbath. Almost every State in this Union hate, bv positive legislation, not nly recognized this d.iy as sacred, hut has forbid Jen its profanation under pen ihies imposed by law. It was never considered, by any of those States, as an encroachment upon the rights ot conscience, or as an improper interference with the opinions of the few, to guard the sacrcdncss of that portion of time acknowl edged to he holy by the many. The petitioners ask not Congress to expound the moral law; they ask not Congress to meddle with theological controversies, much less to interfere with the rights of the lew or the Sabbatarian, or to treat with the least disrepect the religious f clings of any portion of the inhabitants of the Union; they ask the introduction of no religious coercion into our civil institutions; no blending cf religion and civil affairs; but they do ask, that the agents of ( lovcrnmcnt, employed in the Post Office Department, may be permitted to enjoy the same opportunities of attending o moral and religious instruction or im ?cv'rrt. on ,'?.t !jv, vl.v:his enjoyed by

the rest of their feMcw citizen They approach the government, not for personal emolument, but as patriots and Christians, io express their high sense of the moral en crgy and necessity of the Sabbath for the perpetuity of our republican institutions; respectfully request that Congress will not, by legislative enactments, impair those energies. Among the many reasons which might he advanced, that it is both expedient and a duty to grant the prayer ol the petitioners; the following arc only submitted: The petitioners ask the enactment of no law establishing the first day of the week as the Christian Sabhalh; they only ask the extension and application, to one Department of (iovernmcnt, a principle which is recognised, and has, since the fotinda ion of our Government, been acknowledged in every other De lartment. The principle embraced in the petitions, has been recognised by Congress, by adjourning over the tiistda; of the week. At the first session of the fiist Con gress,alaw w as passed establishing Judicial Courts, ndin that law Sunday is excepted

trom the days on which that court may commence its sessions. All the other Executive Departments of Government are cloned on that day Congress have never by this, considered itself as expounding the motal law, or as introducing any religious coercion in;o our civil institutions, or making any innovations on the religious rights of the citizens, or settling by legislation any theological question that may exist between Jews, Sabbatarians, and other demoohidtions. The good of society requires the strict obt rvance of one day in seven. Paiey, cjnd other writers on moral philosophy, hav; shown, that the resting ot men every seventh dy; tiu;ii winding up their labors and concerns o m seven days; their abstraction from the atiuD of the world, to improve their mit'ls ai.d converse with their Miket, their ortie . ittendance upon the ordinances of puoic worship and instruction; have a direct ami powerful tendency to improve the murals and temporal happiness of ma kinl The wise and good Ruler of die universe m3de the appointment, not by a mtic .ibi trary exercise of authority, but for our gowU;

lished an extract of a letter from Havana, un-

which states that a conspiracy to thiow ot the yoke of Spain and declare Cuba indepcr. dent, had just been discovered, and thai t number ol arrests had taken place. Our at tcntive correspondent has forwarded us a ct. py of the Proclamation issued on the occi

3ion by General Vives, which we here an ..ex: " Innhitants of the- Inland nf Cuba! The (hueiing picture which this fortunate Island presents, the result of yuur loyalty and gocu sense, (sensatez) cannot but in itate the i tvo lutions ol the adjacent continent, who regard with angry envy our prosperity and wtaith, while they ate seen bowed down by poverty and anarchy, the inevitable consequence ot tluir rebel. ion. This happy land, the abode ol pence, plenty and loyally, presents to the world a sinking contrast, enjoying under the niid govtrnment ol her King, all the blessngs, which spring from security of property, the uninterrupted progress of the arts, education and science, while revolutions, factions, dUcoidand anarchy, have established their empire in the rebellious provinces, tmd their natural consequences has been immorality, licentiousness and the w retchedness induced by this state of disorder; and since ihesc malcontents have spared no means nor clToris to disturb your repose, they have not found it difficult to allure to their faction, some of the inhabitants of this Island. Some of them ungrateful for the hospitality they have here received, and others uncircumspect (incautos) have been misled by fallacious theories, ignorant of the irresistible ar foments based upon a single comparison be iwrtn the state of refinement and propriety ol 'he ever faithful Island of Cuba, and the deplorable state of the Continent since the mo u.tnt ot its separation from the pastoral government of His Majesty. Madmen! (Inset) vuus) all men of sense in this Island are faithu io tht Ki'.ig our master, from faff ciion, (torn gratitude, and a conviction that in her I ). y and union to the parent State, they oi.lcl ;hc only guarantee which secures her

W f 1 1 i '-v' st

and whatever difference of opinion uiu tsist!

m respect to the pi oper day to be observed, aim st all agree, that one d y in srven sucu d be devoted to religious exei . rses. i hat oe ing admitted, can anything be more reasonable than the request ol the petitioners, ihat at least, so much of the law sh.uid be re pealed, as requires the post offices to be kept open everyday of the week. Does no, tnc enactment of that law plainly imply, that mankind is under no moral obligation to re

frain from secular labor on any day cf the

week? Is it not indirect opposition to the r e

ceived opinion of almost all professing Chris

tians? It is to that part of the law, more

particularly, which requires, in terms, ail the

postmasters throughout the United States to

deliver letters, packets, and papers, on eveiy

day ot the week, to winch the minority cf

your committee object, and which is most of

tensive to the petitionei s. In this statute is

at once seen, a palpable encroachment on the

rights of conscience. It either drives every

man, who teels himselt morally bound to ob serve the Sabbath in a religious manner, from the service of his country, and equal participation in her favors, or subjects hiui to the hard terms of remaining in office, at the expense of his principles It is trctiy ac knowledged, that the works of necessity and mercy are not for bidden; and, if the trans portation of the mail on Sunday coulcl be jusTiricd on that ground, (which is not admitted) it cannot be contended, that the keeping open offices, where no mail arrives on - hat day, is the work ot necessity. The atgumenis which have been uged for the transportation of the msil, :c on thr Sabbath, are mainly derived from commercial convenience, and ftom alltged der-mge ment of business and lmv i course fids dor

n ine militates against the fir t principle- ol j

$ood morals It thec are importa t ai a i, ihcy are paramount to t hi claims of evptdi k v: but this plea makes them subscivici ?

to the pressure of woihtly business, and cn vc: is them into mere questions of profit and loss. Granting the prayer cf the petiiiontra ran not interfere with ihe religious fct-lms or

consciences ot any portion o! the citizi t.s; because, they ask r.o service to be p.rl"t tin. ; n principle to be professed It is only asked that certain duties be not teqtued on a certain day. Were it imposing any service, or requiring the profession of any opinions, those whose religious sen'imcnts wue r'if. fcrent, might justly complain. Rut he who conscientiously believes that he is bound to observe the seventh day of the week, in a religious manner, can have no just reason to complain; because, Government takes nothing from him, in permitting all classes of citizens to obserc the first dav of the week, as a day of religious rest, 'i he case wrflld

be quite different, did the privilege of i?sH

ing on that day, impose any thing on Sny class of citizens, contrary to their con science. Therefore, Resolved, That it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners. VM. McCREERY. FROM OUR COHRF. SFOXDENT3. Office of the Americans 7 Ra'ti irr. M-rch 15, $ Attempted K??of:t:?; jr. Ga.M. We pub-

List of Letters

EMAIMNG in tU Post Office at 1 Washington, the quartr truing the 'st day of March, 1830, which, it rot tiki n ut within three months, will be sent to the , General Post Office as dead letters. A. , C, JJ 7', (7. Peitr Acme mac Reison Hi and, Robert JBtcket, John Ban . tt, Joseph Boydt, Tolhtr Colbert, J. lues Ditkon. Joseph V. Davis. Wiilin, Fuller, Kii P. Farmer 2, John dtcs. , 7, A", L, M R. bamucl Houston, Jacob Heizer, Hanson Hawlcy, WiKiam Jf ur? uey, Author.) Johnson, James Kenedy, Daid Logan, Samuel Murray. Janes cr CoUin Moore, John M'Cuffciiy, Richard M'Liaikcn, Robert Matthtwp,E. II. M'Junkin, Su&. Roddick, Char lets Russell .9, r, (, V. jr. Sanford B. Scott, Edward Strupey, Samuel Smith, Benjamin Sutherland, Andrew i hompson, William Umdcrhill, John Vantrccs 2. Joseph White. JOHN MURPHY, Post Matter. Washington, April 2. 9-3t. 3cT

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Iving; nnd that the day which servtres sac t d bonds will be the lait of her

.lappifcs- an even of her existence i be i!Ku!ous conspiracy is discovered, i h woti'd only have ptoved disastrous to ihc mdicon't o b, (malvados) who projected it Those v ho may be convicted ot the

crime will be punished with all the rigor ot oui laws, bt cause public vengeance as well js our own safety demards it. Citizens of ''uby, rej.o?x etrire confidence in your Chief Magistwtt, who, ssisted by his colleagues, has done and v nl do his duty, to sustain you in tli'i enjoyment ot all your present benefits, lulfiliing the oft repeated orders of the King our Lord, and wnich aie so grateful to his heart, that it never throbs with pleasure, but when come m plating you as contented and happy.' Francisco Dionisio Vives. Havana, Fob. 26, 1830. Wc undctctand t (.at information has been received, at tho l)f partmcnt of State, from Mr. Moore, Minister r. f the United States at Bogota, that President Boliiar, has approved toe Convention of the 25th November last, lecognizing certain claims of citizens of the

United States, and providing for their payment. DREADFUL HURRICANE. Extract from a letter to a gentleman in Cincinnati dated URBANA, OHIO, March 24, 1830 Our town was the day before yesterday vis ited by a most violent tornado. It came on

from the South west, and continued its

course north east by the town Its ravages to the north of us were most tenible Upwards of twenty buildings were in a moment prostrated-- among them were the Presby-

terian church, the market house; J H's. brick

house, just built, and all in that vicinity, some

of which were the best in town, the methodist church and many other buildings were much wrecked. Three children of Mr Bell* were killed, his wife and several grown persons much injured, the lives of some despaired of Our town has been in a complete commotion ever since; the loss cannot be less than twenty thousand dollars Mr. George Bell late of Cincinnati.

List of Letters

EMAINING in the Post Office at Car

lisle, the quarter ending the 3!s' dajr

ot March. 1530, which, if not taken out within three months, will be sent to the Gen erat Post Ofiice as dead letters. J B, C , it, G, William Arvtram, James Brodie, William Catling, Geo Clark, William Clark. James Case, Joseph Dixon, John S. Dai, Eiizabeth Ellis. Alexander Fuller, Adam Grar.t 2. San.bc. Guv:.

Martin Holmes, George Houts, Clark Hunter, Wendel Hinkci, Jorm Hcuts, Canady Hughes J, J L, M9 P. ?, 5. T. T, frJohn Ingle 2, Cheser Ingram, Isaac Jones, All urd Law Joseph Latshaw, Mrs. Mary Moaler John Maxweil, Rev. John Miller, James Miller,! Malhene, Nelson Mason, John Pup cell, Htzakiah Riggs, Suilivan count) Mier iff. Miss Eazabeth Shepheid. John 1 eray? Nathan Tayor, Elijah Veatch 2, Delilah Whipple, O.-orge hitman, James O. W attles, James a! a J W Davis, Punt Master, Carlisle. Apni, 1830 9-3t 43l Public Sale.

1 Y virtue of, and undtf a decretal order

of the Piobnte Court of Kvcx county,

ct the Januai y l crm las', wr will ell ai public outcry, at the Court House door in iho town of Vir-ccnncs, on Saturday the fiistdny of May, ensuing, comroench g at 1 o'clc k, P. M Lots No 454, 455.457, 494.495, 496, Si 497, upon the plat ot Messrs Johnson & Emis n, belonging to John Smalt, late deceased A credit of sis months will be giverr, upon execu'.'mg bond with approved security , bearing interest irom the clay of salt. MARY SMALL, ) Jlcung AdWM. SMALL, C cf John Smelly deceased. April 5, 1850. 9-3t

Probate Court, Vanderburgh Circuit

MARCH TERM, 1830,

John Conner, Aura, of the estate of 'I hos. Needham, deceased. vs

The heirs and devisees of j saul Thnmni Kprlham. I

Petition to sell

IS

deceased.

OW at

C A N 1) I DAI KS D K PA K TA1 EN T

MONDAY 2d august, 1830. Sf.sat'jR lr Knox Daviess J Martiv. . Wilson La gov. Reprcsevtatives. John Dfckkk, John C. Rf.ily, Kbln:-;:ki'. Wflton, Sheriff. John Myers, Alexander D. Scott, John K, Laplant, John Plrckll. Recouder. SaMUKI. DlLI.WORTH, JOHN A. DaRDKNNE, Ai.fp fp (i Lagow, Richard Uck, Hlnry Rublk, Klihu Stout. Ciiauncky W. Almy, Clerk. Gf.nl. W. Johnston, Wm. L. Withers. Samuel Hill. Daniel Clark Johnson,

tms time the Petitioner.

appcarad here in open court and filed

his petition, praying the sale ot the real estate of the said Thomas Needham, and it now here appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the heirs and dtvisces il any, are non residents of this state, it is therefore ordered, that unless they do appear here on or before the first day of next term ol court, and answer the petitioner's said petition, the matters and things therein contained, will be ta

ken for conb ssed, and decreed in their absence according y and that notice of the pendency ol this petition be given by publication of this order, in tome public newspaper of this state, three weeks successively, and this cause is continued until the next term of this court. A Copy, Attest W. T. T. JONES, ccrce. April 2, 1830. 9-3t. NOTICE. ISrTAS, committed to my custody on the V Y day ol March, inst as a runa way, a ncgroman of the following description, to-wit: he call'j himself Edmond. is about $ feet 10 inches high, about 26 or 27-

years of age outward wide teeth and thick

lips; he says he belongs to John S. Brechey.

Washington county, Missouri; the (.wrier may come and get him according to lau, or he will be otherwise dclt ith according to the Statute in such cases made and provided. March the 10th. 1830 R. B. MARSEY. Shcr.jf L. C N. B. he plays v.cM on the fiddir R B M. f St.

Hags ! Hags ! Hags ! C.S, or WORK, will bt given for an

quantity of clean lAnncn cr Cotter, raus at

trie vf.sntrn sun office.1

WAN 1 El),

A JOURNEYMAN Tanner, to whom IjA . .

will be given, provided In he on dustrioup

and steady man. JOHN R. HY WaihirtBD, Jan. 9y liy