Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 21, Number 15, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 May 1830 — Page 2

Ye;;: the Public Ledger The following letter from Governor Pope to a friend, on the subject of SunJay Mails, has never been published before. The admirable reports of Col. Johnson on that subject, coming in the authoritative character of official documents, may have failed to xsin all whom they must have convinced. The letter of Governor Pope, is liable to no such objection. It is a private communication from friend to friend, and, in the frank and cordial spirit of that relationship, it expostulates against a dangerous innovation upon governmental economy! and persuades to the performance ot high patriotic duties. We recommend it to all, but especially to the

attention of those who are in favor of fcjspending the Sunday Mails. Washington cirr, March 18, 1830. Dear Sir My sincere regard and high respect for the religious society to which you belong, have induced me to write you this letter. I know your good feelings, and I know also that your ardous occasionally carries you be yond the limits which a cool and dis passionate juJgment would prescribe. it, Sir, 1 cannot subscribe to every ar tide ot your Presbyterian creed, you will do me the justice to believe, that 1 have never indulged in ungenerous and unfounded slanders against the Pres byterian society. I have ever treated them witn friendship, and vindicated them against unjust attacks. No so ciciy in the nation is more respectable for intelligence, good oulcr, and respect lor the laws and constitution of their country none moie triendiy and libe ral to iuerary institution!); nor d)d 1 ev er entertain a suspiction that they had in view to control, or improperly in teuc.o with the political ahVns of the government, it is due to the Presbvtcriaws to say, that no class ol the A mtucao people was more united in the cause ot iioeny and indi pendence, r.'jne mote milexiOiy bent on victory or deaUi iheir blood and ueasuie flowed frceiy in the common cause. Of the Presbyterian Udies it is but just to remark, thai no.ie are more exemplary in ail me reiations of lite With your high claims as a religious society to puolic consideration and respect, with your power to be usuful, hy will you iurnish a pretext for the inputation of an aspiring ambition to control or change the iong established course of your government. Your object, with regaid to stopping the mails on Sunday, can never be realized you must in candcr, admit, that Col. Johnson has not, in eith er of his veiy abie reports on this subject, treated the religious part of the community witn disrepect, or made the slightest insinuation againt any sect of christians; and 1 verily believe, that his course has been dictated by public considerations alooe. It is well known that Col. Johnson and his family generally, have ever been tiiendly to ieligion, and the religious institutions of thcii country, and many of them are professing christians. 1 beseech you, my dear Iriend, and my religious triends generally, to desist from anno) inq; Congress with memorials about Sunday Xi. ak . Remember that with Sundav, us a re.igiou nutter, the constiiuicd sirhuritie ot the nation or states have xv.lhi'.-i; ti do in their official character they ait unMcr no constitutional ob!igaUw;i to observe it. The AmenC"Ms arc a religious people, geneialiy c'liisuan; and use eat majority keep the sains Saobaih; and hci.ee their public EiSeii:. suspend orciin3ry business oi t:iut dry, fiurn respect to tiie relipi'.us rpeint-s and custom of their country, i d not as u mattM ol constitutione. du y ' . e very properly trc;tt unda) ;'.s a Uu of rest and deletion, so In as t ran bt don.; consistently wiih puo if wO'.vmience and necessity. Unde thr ii.lljv.Miue ol tnese considers- ..... lions, iu ,r3 ot the Lnionand ol the eutu p.ori ie, -tiy lio h cvtil on t ciril proc.ss sha Suru'av the cur u v n t ..tn nor do tht L ot lb. -v.., or the nation, vit on t hut di.iv, unies ihe pressure of puo ic bu mi a '-comic u .tvi into mstj.u ne ce:-M It p.nsi.s .vim t!ie observance o' tic .u.Vjith Ciyi' process will not b- ?eit! ,v ouudd; but a leun will b" rrrrs'tu, Vryust: ir.e pubiic nivc.i ity in 1 f,-. It n 4 v v . -iit hci e scrr;w. -w . tat;.. wi' on it3 rurch vneM, ti e public danger '-li .1 t .i d diat nsr rt i;ri 1 usuol -.b -e. v diet. A vessel ei sa, 05 in our 'r;vs a.i! rie. dots not stop on ui-iby; ::.d the ste.m hoi's cn our iiiteri-.i n-i;.. 5 nnm..i; at an expense of sfv.tr.l i.'atid Cil dullarn ptr day.alth -upii vr.hir. a few hundud yu.ds of el.-.o. aic not ren.jirtd orevDte ed to tt. p on Sundav. A msn traehiner aj dis'ai cc iron his .me on horse bark.' or with his c?mage, or wurgon, full cf anxiety to return to hU 'fife, children, nful ftiendSf i not required by society to incur the expense and delay or reiit on Sund. y. These cas. s, by coitmon consent in this enlightened and liSual age, foim exceptions to the pen --al and good rule of keeping the Sabbath dny, There is, sir, such a thing as being too ligid and righteous over much The extreme rigour of former dav ha yielded V) a more ra lional obsrrvancc cl the Sabbath. To transmit the ord,r and instructions i.t the supiemc executive author ity cf the Union, to the numerous mil-

itary and naval stations in the United 1

States, many of them remote, with all possible despatch, is dictated by public considerations of convenience, necessi ty and safety; and it is little less im portant to give intelligence to the people generally, and cspecia'ly to the commercial class, of the measures and proceedings of the government. Suppose an embargo laid, a treaty made materially affecting our commercial concerns, or a law passed increasing or diminishing the duties on articles imported from abroad; would it net be the duty of the government to give the people the earliest information? Is it not right and just that all should be placed on equal eround so far as no tice might affect prices? If the mail were delayed in its progress, individu als would transmit intelligence to their friends before the public mail arrived, and the few would be able to specu late on the many. Upon reflection, you will perceive that Congress can do nothing effentire, in regard to the ob servance of the Sabbath, without the uniform co operation of the several States. If the mail stage is to be stopped on Sundays, all travelling should be suspended on that day. This can not be done by Congress without the aid of State legislation. Stopping the mail on Sunday, would not only retard the march of news to the different parts of the country, but must add to the expense of conveying the mail; and be sides that effect, private conveyances wouid be employed to run on Sunday and passengers in hste would abandon the public stage. The mail staqe not broken down, must be sustained at a great additional expense, and that in formation of the public acts of the gov ernrnent, which ought to be furnisher1 the people at the earliest moment, wil oe conveyed through private channels and oken used for the purposes of spec ulation and ruin With regard to opening the mail let the same reasons suffice If tht mail goes on Sunday, it must be opened on that day, but I btlieve, the arrival and dep.vture of the mail has been, and will be so regulated, as to avoid, as far as practicable, any interference with, r disturbance of, the icligious exerciser ol the day. To the extent of their constitutional powers, the legislatures ol the states and the nation have evinced all respect for the christian community and while they give prelerence to none, I they extend to all sects as much pio-j tection as their constitutions and the public convenience and necessity will authorize. Most, if not all the sate have passed laws to punish disturbers of public worship; the representatives of the people have the strongest motives to conciliate and respect the religious feelings of their constituents, and no doubt will do so as far as consistent with their public duty. Be assured that you have no reason to fear that any re prestntative body in the na ion, will commit a wanton outrage on the religious customs of their country. I have addressed you and the Presbyterian society to which you belong, because, in public estimation, they occupy the front rank ol those who are pressing Congress to change their long established course of transporting the public mail. I sincerely regret that your society should take any step calculated to excite unfounded prejudices and suspi cions against them. I beseech your society to go on in the useful work ol. dif fusing religious morality and good order, h' v)t;ghout this free and rising republic, d-ul trust th post office establishment and its arrangements to the wisdom and sound discretion of the constituted authorities Remember, and it cannot be tooten repeated, that with Sunday, as a reMicus affair, Congiess have nothing to do andthdr observances of it, flows from the eptc' teit by a'l for the teli gion ot ineir country I need not as M8Mre )u, sir, J' v high respect for s Vf ur s'" 3etv nt' sincere iegasd for you. warm,?nn va'u.-d Iriendi; snc' this let. ter i- dictated by public cr)r.ideranon, . j and an ard . ut soiici'udc, tht vour st ie ly mH iiSir liom -n y ,rei fei ci ct m pub'ic ft'ai-s, vr! . S ;y s l jci bcin to unju .i:.jw'e- 1- '.k i. , C -me, but 1 j , .sa.;'.c that no pn'isin ter'ings influence : oidn'on id th:s Mbjt c, and thu' T a m wkh uukik" ci sine ri v, vour real iiitud. JOHN POPE THE TYPOGRAPHER, ome eight or ten monlhs since, we 'pvd.iisleda leiter from a triend in Mich igan, iMtir.g an ?ccom.t ol the construe lion o( a n.achn" by an ingenious arti?an cf tiict Tcriitory, wnich, for want of a better name, was christened a Tufogra fihtr. he object of this invention U to enable any pct5son, pntleman or lady, to b come his or he own printer, after an appreniicehip of twenty rrinutes. We confess ve !ja ; not much fait h in thf device; but subsequent events have rerrov ed our scepticism Mr Burt, the inventor, ha passed the winter in this city, and has built one of his machines. It is not larger than a lady's work-sta' d, and enables any person to print billet, lette s, Jec with ntatness and accuracyUut we have not sufficiently experimented upon it to decide yet whether a person ran print qui'e as fast as a quick penman could write. A lawyer, howev cr. who has much copying to do, or procure done, we shou'd think might find it an object to finish hit parlor with a Ty

pcgraplicr, as his wife, or daughters, I

might save him much expense in hire, by performing a labor which might be made a matter of pleasure and amuse ment. When furnished with musical characters, also, every young lady might sit down to the Typographer, and copy her own music, in the most accurate and beautiful manner. The machine occu pies but little space, ?nd may be made as elegant as the purchaser pleases. It is, moreover, a very ingenious, though necessarily a complicated machineThat which Mr. B. has constructed from his first rude model, is now on a visit to Washington, but is expected back shortly. .V. Y. Cum. Advertiser. A decisional the recent term of the Supreme Court of the United States, recognizes fully the right of a state to tax its banks. The case is entitled The Providence Bank vs. Thomas G. Pitman and others. By an act of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in 1822, u was protided that a certain tax should be paid on every g sOOO of the capital stock of all the state banks. The Providence Bank resisted the payment of this tax, on the ground that the act imposing it was unconstitutional. A warrant was issued to attach the property of the institution, when the case was referred to the Court of Conr mon Pieas, and afterwards to the Supreme Court of the State. Judgment was given against the bank, and subsquently was confirmed by the highest judicial tribunal in the country. ;NKW STOKE. F7JM1E subscribers are now opening JL m the new Store on Market-slrec, in xt door to Messrs. Burtoh & Hk herd, a large assortment of substantial mid lancy Dry Goods, with Hardware, Cutlery, Queensware, Glassware. Hats, bhoes, Groceries, &c. &c. all of whic) were recently purchased by one of the prtners(who had every possible advantage as to price and quality) in New Ynik and Philadelphia, and will be disposed n! on the lovc-t terms for cash; or in baitr they will receive at fair prices, viz: Wheat, Corn, Rye, Pork. lieesM-ax, Cordvrood, Saw Logs, Fea the;s, Dried Apples 1 allow, Doirestic Lin-en, Brans, Deerskins, Onions, &c. together with all ther rr crchantablc articles, thf produc? of home industry. MARRuN & HUNTER tTT M-&H now possess the Co lumbian Stfam Mill, an l will with the lequiBite tncnuiarement, continue the Store in the vicinit) of the Mill: they want to purchase itrmediateiv fifty thousand basheh if Corn, rd twenty thousand bushels of v hi at, and shall at each establishment study to accommodate customers. Vinccnnes, Dec. 1, 1829, 42-tf. BATS Made & Sold, by R. P. PRICE. SCENXESf Jh'DIANJfJ N the house lately occupied bv James & McArthuii, as an Iron store, on Secon ttreet, one door above Market Btrect The prices of UATs in general, are for Beaver - gio Fine Roramy 25 Coarse do 3 Fine Castor 8 6 Coarse do Hats made in the shops here, are in general, much superior to those imported irom the Eahtern states, for the latter are made of the coarsest wool, and naped with rabit fur the farmers would find it to their interest, at least 25 per cent, to purchase from the manufacturers. I pledge myself that my Hats shall be made in the best manner, ol nufierior stuff, and in the most Fashionable style. RICHARD P. PRICE. February, 1829. 2-tf VOPORK CORA' V OATS will be re ctivedin exchange for Hats. R. P. P. A ADDISON & ME 11 HIE. P1J-)Sl i E the Union Hall, Main ! jt s'.et 1, Louisville, Ky. Keep constantly on himu a vcty extensive and i jr'-'M ' .MVin ent ot Dutch Uotiing ? veiy supct ior rrticlc. 34 and CitJis, 40 inches wiuehom 0 to No 9 inclusive, which tnev oiler lor salt on rcasuitable terms Apri' !0, 1830. 9-3 m. JCT 1 be cullers of the neaenn, St Louis Missouri, will pit -ce insert the above about three munii s and forward their account for settlement TKEN UP "TY ilham Lutwi ight, living in the 53 North West corner of Warwick county, one BAY MAKE, suppovd ti be eleven years old, with a small white f pot on the t( p of her left shou;tler b'arle, and a smail white spo' on the left side of b?r neck, and lu r left hind loot vvhtie supposed to be with foal. No other marks nor btands perceivable appraised at thirteen dollars. Also, one RAY FILLY, two years old, with a star and snip, and her right hind foot white, and pa-t of her leg No other marks nor brands perceivable appraised at twenty dollars before mc, JOHN B. KING, J.P. re March eth, 1930. M-3l

Notice IS hereby Given.

clerk-!pHAX six wecks after date applica.

II tion will be made to the Register ol the Land Office at Vinccnnes in the state of Indiana, for a certificate of Land Stock for the amount paid on the frac tional sections four and nine, township number eight south, of range number seven west, in the Vinccnnes District, entered on the thirteenth day of September, 1809, in the names of Elias Rector Sc Nicholas J Roosevelt, and for feited for non-payment agreeably to law; now claimed by me, in my own right and as assignee of Elias Rector, under the act of Congress of 23d May, 1828. en titled "An act for the relief of purchasers of public lands, that have reverted for non-payment of the purchase money," the original certificate of the purchase of which has been lost or destroyed Given under my hand, this 8th day of May, 1830. NICHOLAS J ROOSEVELT, bv John A Graham, his Att'y in fact May 15, 1830. 14-6t PROBATE COURT, j Vanderburgh County. '"S MAY TERM. 1830. Levi Price, Adm. of the estate of Wm. Cul ly, deceased. j Petition to sell v a. f real estate. The heirs of said Wm. C ully, deceased. J 'fTOW here in open court, came the X petitioner and filed his petition, praying tha- the real estate ot said Cully, deceased, ay be suld to satisfy the debts agains s -d estate, and it now here appealing U at the said real estate has been dt:'y appiaised, and an inventory thercot fiied; and it appearing to the court also that the heirs ol said William Cully, deceased, are nol residents of this slate, it is theiefoie ordcu d. that unless the said heirs of the said Wiiliam Cully, deceased, do appear here on or belore the 1 st day of the next term of this court and answer the petitioner's aid petition, the matters and things therein contain ed, will be taken for confessed, and de creed accordingly in their absence; and that notice of the pendency of this peti tion be given by publication of this order three weeks successively, in some public newspaper of this state, and that this cause he continued until the next term of this court. A Copy Attest, W. T. T. JONES, b. c. r. e c. May, 1830. U-3t i-V NOTICE. JpTAVING purchased the right of Jlja making and vending within Knox county, Pinkham Mosher's Washing Machine, for scouring and washing clo'hes, any person wishing to purchase can have them on trial, and if not approved, may be returned. I have also on hand and intend keeping, a supply of Cabinet Ware ot the best cjuality; will also do Carpenter's and Joiner's work at the most reduced pricei. JOHN MOORE. May 1st, 1830. 12-ly. NOTICE. v-r -r' i HSTHEREAS we have filed in the V Y Probate court of Dubois coun ty a succinct statemen of the estate of James Tolley deceased, and find the same to be insolvent a settlement of which will be claimed accordingly. All persons failing to present their claims before the determination of the court thereon shall be postponed. JAMES TRAVIS Sc ARTHUR HARBINSON, Adm of James Tolley, deed. April, 1830 12 3t SMITH & TRACY'S Tin & Sheet Iron MANUFACTORY. OkN the corner of Market and ScH y cond streets, have on hand for sale, a large and general assortment of Tin and Sheet Iron ware, which they offer at reduced prices. Tinware will be sold whole sale and retail uponadvan tageous terms to purchasers. Vincenncs, October, 24, 1829. 37-tf ; LAND FOR SALE. f RHE Subscriber will give a bargain jj in 400 acres of land, ISo. 231, ad dilional donation, in the neighborhood of Abram Hollingsworth, an indisputable title w:ll be given a description of the land, its advantageous situation, Sec. is i deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase will examine tor himself. N. SMITH. October 24, 1829. 37-tf FOR SALE, 'lO BARRELS Salt Cash or good merchantable Bacon will be re ceived in payment. For terms, inquire of William Mieuro, Market street, Vincennes. J. WYANT. May 8, 1830. 13-3t. INDENTURES for Apprcntices for sale at this office. Afexv pounds of Wool wanted.

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