Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 22, Number 6, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 March 1831 — Page 1

BY ELIHXI STOUT.j

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P . , , .1.,... i thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, enayment in advance, being the mutu- I tkIcd ..All act ,irovldins passports for the al interest of both parties, that mode 1 ships and vessds of lhc UliilC(l Slalcs ab

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scribed for, will be considered a new en-an) loreign country, De, ana the same is clement: a no subscriber at libeily to1,creb.v repealed, to take effect from and afdiscontinuc, until all arrearage: are paid. r tnc thirty-hrst day of March of the pre

Be it enacted by the Senate and Hc::sc transportation of goods, wares, or merchancf R.-.rrsrnfatives cf the United States cf dise, by land or by water, from the district

S'lirrica in l empress in C;n assembled. 1 hat in addition to the sum appropriated by the act entitled, "An act tonuict the titles of certain purchasers of lands between the lines ot Ludlow and Roberts in the Stale of Ohi.," approved the twenty-sixth of May, in the vear eighteen hundred and thirty, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to pav, out of anv .1 ' nnnri -an!, to Philin Doddridge, the claim - UiltVl t 1 an: of the Virginia Military Survey, numbered six thous tnd nine hundred and twen-tv-tiUt. fr seven hundred acres, being or.e of the Virginia military surveys, in the said act mentioned, lving between the lines c t" Ludlo v and Roberts, in the State of Ohio t.v.- su-n ot one thousand seven hundred and Vixty-five d-lUrs and sixtv eight cents, with mteie-jt at the rate of six ner centum ner; annum, H orn the Uth day ot .M tr h, eihVeen hundred and twentv-tivr, until paid;! uie sua r'liup having alieady conveyed to the United Suies.the title to the said seven ( hundred acres f t" land, in the manner di-1 recud by the President of the United! of Congress before recited. This act shall! cormnriise and be in force from the passuuthereof. Approved, lbraarv, 12, jy." !

!No. 20. AN ACT to repeal the charj CS imposed on passports and clearances. j Re it tnacltd by the Striate and Home of Rtpresentativce of the United States of

America in Congress astcmbied, I hut so 1 much cf the act of the first of June, one imposes a charge of ten dollars for pass- ' ports, and cf four dollars for a clearance. to any ship or vessel bound on a voyage to 'A' ' n r,.;.,nrv 19 1P.-, t f.o. 21. AN ACT authorizing the Seeretai v ot btate to issue a patent to John Powell. Be it enacted by the Senzlc end House cf Representatives of the United States of Ar.tricam Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue letters patent, in the usual form, to John Powell, for his invention of a machine "for thepurpo:c cf separating the metal from gold oie, and the auriferous earth of alluvial depositee," upon his compliance with all the provisions of the existing laws, except so far as they require, on the part of aliens, a residence of two years in the United States. Approved, February 12, 131. No. 22. AN ACT authorizing tV sale of a tract of land therein namcW. , lie it enacted by the Senate and Jlouse of Representatives of the Unittd States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the President of the United States, to offer at public sale, as soon as may be, the southwest, northwest, and northeast quarters of section number twenty-five, of township number six, in range number one west, in the Cincinnati District, under the same rules and regulations that govern the sale of other public lands of the United States. Approved, February, 12, 1831. No. 23. AN CT to amend the act granting "certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation cf the Tennessee, Coosa, Kahawba, and Blackwarrior rivers," approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 'of the United States of America i'l Congress assembled. That it shall and may be lawful for the State of Ala bama, by the Board ot Canal Commission ers appointed by her for that purpose, to contract tor and construct that part ot the canal round the Muscle shoals, beginning at Campbell's Ferry, and running up ihe rivet to Lamb's ferry, before they contract for, or complete that part of the said contemplated canal between Campbell's ferry and Flor ence; any thing in the act to which this is an amendment to the contrary notwithstand ing. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Engineers of the United states woo have this matter m charge, to furnish to said Board of Commis sioners, as socn as practicable, a plan of that section of the Canal above contemplated first to be executed, connecting it with the river at or near to Campbell's ferry, and at the most eligible point at, or immediately be low Lamb s terry, on the cheapest prac ticable plan, in conformity with said origin al act, to be approved by the President of the United States. Sec 3 And be it further enacted, 1 hat the section of said canal above Lamb's fer rv, shall, by said engineers, be so planned as to connect it with the deep water in the river at or above Lamb's Ferry, and the section below Campbell's ferry, shall, in like manner, be connected, with the deep water at or below said last mentioned ferry. Approved, February 12, IS31. No. 24 AN ACT to authorize the transpotation of merchandize by land or by w ater with the benefit of debenture. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rfpresentataves cf the United States of America in Congress assembled. That from and af ter the passage of this act, all goods, wares, or merchandise imported into the United States, the duties on which have j been paid, or secured to be paid, may be transported by land, or partly by land and partly by water, from the district into whi other, di Inch they were imported to two districts, and exported trom eithcr of them with the benefit of drawback: Provided, That all regulations and formalities now in force, relating to the j into which they were imported to another district, for the benefit of drawback, and such other regulations as are prescribed unj der and by virtue of the act to which this j is an addition, tor the further transportation j of such goods, wares, cr merchandise, to j other districts, shall be complied with: And i provided also. That all the regulations and formalities now in torcc, respecting theexr a - c m -Tv-n ,,A,r,c ! tor the benefit of drawback, shall be comI . i L I. IJ 1 1 Ul tJKAJ, ' ... 1 "

plied w.th, so far as may be consistent with;1 the Cumberland road; whilst in the the other provisions of the act to which this ! same period, there has been expended in i is an addition; and the Secretary cf the jthe Atlantic states, for the erection of j Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, autho-i light houses and fortifications, the sum rized to prescribe the form of the certiti-j 0f g 16,769.365 59. Vc thus sec that J cate to be used, and the oaths to be taken, the m whkh jiM becQ rfr from ; on the transportation of such goods, wares, , , ' r . c m . 1 or raerchandise, from the second district , POcUxs of tue people of every state

into which thev max be so brouirht.-to the third c. tru t. Approved, Febru arv 1 IIKA. V COLONIZATION SO C 1 1: T Y. li uno in Jicaviu- u v..ui- vir. of the late A. O. St:mbury of New York, ! h is bequeathed one th, u-and flrlhtrs to the i . . . - .... Swcietv. Acts of thW kital are hailed. Tint u:.!y :t tl.c s-ibstatiual benefit they cor.fcr,

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tnc interests 01 mis noun, msutuiu.n nave . taken on the hearts of the American p;o-z.-Aat.lntclUger.ccr. TO THE VOTERS OF THK FIRST C0KGP.E3S10KAL DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Fellow-citizens: The time has arrived when it becomes my duty to render you some account of my stewardship, as your representative in congress, and to defend myself against the foul imputations that have been heaped upon me, by low, designing political demagogues, who are ever on the alert to destroy the reputation of honest men. Acting upon the principle, that the people have the undoubted right to instruct their representatives, as to matters of expediency, I have never violated these principles, during fifteen years public service; yet 1 should be wanting both in candor and independence, were I to with hold from the public an unvarnished expression of my individual views, in reference to the leading measures of the go vernment, and the policy thus far pursu ed by the present wise and truly repub lican administration. The modification of the TARiyj, which goes to reduce the duty on coffee, tea, salt, cc , will be more generally felt by all classes of our citizens, than any act of congress passed under any former administration, lor many years. A proposition was made during the present session of congress, to reduce the duty on sugar. voted i?i favour of this measure a50, because sugar, like coffee, tea, and salt, is an article of indispensible necessity, for the common comfort of all classes of our citizens, whether rich or poor, male r female. I hold it to be a correct principle in legislation, that much the greater proportion of taxation, for the suppori of gov ernment, should be laid on those articles which enter mostly into the families of the rich, and used as a matter of luxury or of pride, rather than on those articles that are used as a matter of necessi ty, thereby equalizing the burdens of taxation among all classes of our citizens, in proportion to their ability to pay. The doctrine that one class of our citizens are to be taxed tor the almost exclusive benefit of another class, I flatter myself, cannot meit the deliberate sanction of a majority of these United States, for wfiose equal rights the federal compact was entered into. Whilst I am free to admit the constitutional power of congress to lay a duty on articles, not the growth or manufacture of the United States, for the purpose of raising revenue, and the protection of domestic manufactures, I am nevertheless, as free to declare my disposition to guard against any possible imposition upon the farmers and mechanics of the country, who constitute a large majority of those whom I have the honour to represent, and who are neces. sarily the consumers of those articles. which by many of our politicians are made the special objects of government protection. As it relates to the subject of inter sal improvements, I have ever been and stiii am, the decided friend of the measure, as will be seen by my recorded votes, whenever the subject has been under my consideration. But this, like other subjects of legislation, may be brought into disrepute, by any attempt to carry the measure beyor.d the means to sustain it, and to render its opeiations as equai as rniy be, among the several states of the Union Upon due conside ration of the subject, my mind has been brought to the irresistable corclusion, that the plan suggested by our present venerable chief magistrate of the Uni ted States, for the distribution of the surplus revenue (after the payment of the public debt) among the several states in the Union, in proportion to the number of representatives in congress from each state, would be the most just and equitable, that could be devised; such a distribution of the public revenue, which is annually drawn from the pockets of the citizens of each state in the Union, would again return to them, in the proportion that they may have contributed to the support of the government. Since the organization of the general government, up to the close ot the yeaV . . ' Ponded on internal improvements, inclu j '"S appropriations lor the construction I ( . " expenoeo almost j exclusively on the seaboard, to say no j thing of the millions that have been ex J pendfd on navy yards, in ship building, ! 5c yet strange to tell, we find men even i in Indiana and the other western states. - i ,k ...I i ? prrsiucm jacKson, 01 a more equal Kistrinu'.ion f" ne pumic treasure among the scveial states of the Unior! i The secretary of the treasury, in his

annual report to Congress on the 1 5th

December last, estimates the public debt on uie first day of January, 1 83 1, at Sa9,123,191 68. Should the same amount j be annually applied to the payment ot jthe debt, that was applied to that object I during the two last years, the total pubuc ceDiwui dc paiu on in a mue more than three years. The speedy payment of the public debt, should be the first object of the real friends of internal improvements, and of those who do not believe that a "national debt is a national blessing ' The president in his late message to congress, has presented our foreign relations in so satisfactory a light, as to render any particular notice by me on the subject, entirely supeifluoui. The president'6 late message to congress is a rare production, and it should be carefully treasured up by every true fiiend to state rights, and sound republican principles. It is the productiou of the head and the heart of an honest man, ever true to his country and the constitution. The bill to graduate the price of public lands will be unavoidably postponed until next winter, in consequence of the shortness of the session and the time taken up in the trial ot Judge Peck, of Missouri, before the senate ol the Uni led States as a high court of impeachment. Independent of the great waste of the public money in the prosecution of this impeachment, much important business for the immediate action of con gress has to be postpontd another year; and the just claims of many a hoary headed veteran soldier of the revolution, for services rendered in the struggle for ur national independence, is again post poned until another congress. It will be gratifying to many, to know that a bill is now before congress, and has passed the house of representatives, granting pensions to a class of officers and soldier of the revolution not heretofore provided for by any act of con gress. Should this bill pass the senate, it will be doing an act of justice to many, and make glad the souls of this oieiito rious class of our fellow citizens. Many of those reliqnes of the revolution, who aided in establishing our national inde pendence, have been suffered to sink down to the grave in penury and want, whilst millions of dollars of the public money have been expended on objects far less deserving the aid and protection of the government. This remnant cf the true sons of 76 are now, comparatively speaking, few in number, and from their advanced age, will soon go hence to be on earth no more forever. At the lust session of congress, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, was ap propriated for the construction of The C v m b KB land Hoad within the sta'.e of Indiana, and i entertain a favorable hope, that a similar sum will be appropriated for the same object, at the present session of congress: but as this communication will be put to press before the ad jonrnment of congress, I cannot speak positive as to measures that have not been finally acted upon at the time of wilting this letter. Should the bill to authorize a treaty 1 for a further xtinguishment of the In ni an. Title to lands, within the state of Indiana, fail to become a law at the pie sent session of congress, its failure, will be attributable to those who are opposed to the removal of the Indians beyond the Mississippi, and not to the real friends of the present administration. A bill has passed the senate, and ordered to a third reading in the house of representatives, txtending tho Right of Preemption, to the Occupants of Lands heretofore relinquished, to the government, until the fourth day of Juiy 1831, and to authorize the occupant or equitable holder of such relinquished lands, to purchase the same in contiguous tracts, not more than two quarter sections, at one dollar and twenty five cents per acre, in all cases where the same did not exceed five dollais per acre, on the original purchase. I Here follows an incomplete tabular statement ot the fifth census In conclusion, fellow citizens, I will only add, that during the period that I have had the honor to represent vou in congress, , the whole of my lime has been devoted to your service, and a faithful discharge of my official duty. If my public acts shall be approved by a majority of my constituents, then indeed shall I be amply rewaided forallmy services. Concealment of opinion has never heretofore marked any portion of my politi cal life; nor am I less disposed to avow my political sentiments than on any former occasion. It is known to most, or perhaps all of you, that I supported the election of general Jackson for the presidency on two former occasions, and ii have no hesitation in avowing my de- ' termination to advocate his reelection in 1 832, should he again be brought before the people as a candidate, and should I live until the period arrives Strong and flittering indications of puu.ic lecwng in ravor ot my again becoming a candidate tor congress, forbids ! the idea of my declining to comply wi islthc wishes of my fcIiovT-ciiireiis la ith am

in the hands of my political friends, to bo

disposed cf as they may think proper, 1 have the honor to be, verv respc fully, the public' servant. respect R BOON. Washington City, Feb. 23rd, 1831. SUGAR DUTY. We are daily in expectation of hearing that congress has done something in reducing the duty on sugar, and the delay in brioging forward too subject may be intended to produce a beneficial effect. We hope this is the case and lho friends of the tariff may be induced to take a proper view of the question, and not blend a question purely agricultural with the protection claimed for manufactures. Sooner or later it must follow as unavoidable that the duties on all articles of actual necessity and constant use, will be reduced. It has already been done oa tea, coffee and cocoa, and sugar the most indispensable of all will follow. This vi the proper time therefore to include sugar in the articles of consumption alrea dy reduced, in order that the beneficial effects oi the law maybe simultaneously felt. Morning Courier and .V. Y Enq. REFORM, PROSCRIPTION, &C'0, The peopic hae not yet U rgottcn the hue and cry which the opposition set up on the removals made by general Jackson, when the people had called upon tiim to make those reforms in efnec. It would have been supposed by those ignorant of the character of the opposition, that if they had the power, they would remove no man for opinion's sake. Wc, who know how ferocious, disloyal and uncompromising, this beaten and routed party has ever been; how cordially they detested the name of a democrat, have been fully aware how they would exercise power if they had it. Our impressions never failed us. In the stvo of Maryland, where the Adams an.i C.uy party have entire control, evert k. i n man has been swept from office No consideration, no claim, no appeal, naa been of avail. They have been literiliy kicked out of office and the following from the Baltimore Republican, may bo said to 'cap the climax i4But tfiere is one act which has been accomplished by the anti proscrip'ivc" houie of delegates, those precious representatives of "the peace and good order party," to which I would invite the particular attention of every man in thb state. You know that it has long been the practice to appoint the chancellor of state director of the Farmers' bank c! Mary, land. The present chancellor found tnat it interfered with his more important duties, and at tho last session ot the legislature he requested that they would not reelect him. The legislature acquiesced, and in his stead, with the full approbation of the anti Jackson delegation from Anne Arundel county. Jacob Hoilings worth. Esq one of the most respectable men in the state, was made the stato director of that bank. "Now mark the sequel, Nicholas Brewer, jun. a young lawyer cf Annapo lis, who, during the last session, challen ged the chancellor 1U HUH 1 A DUEL, inconsequence of some official act, and who posted that vcnerabe facer as an unprincipled coward, to the utter disgust of the whole community, is chosen the successor ot the chancellor in the bank, and Mr Ho.llingswortb it removed to make room for him." The above is a commentary on the hypocritical profession of the Adams nd Ciay men. General Jackson deserves the gratitude of the country for exhibiting his usual decision and eneigy in sweeping the party from office. He has done much, but more remains to be done. Morning Ccuricr and JY. Y. Jinj. LIMITATION LAWS OF KENTUCKY. The people of Kentucky may lejoico that the limitation laws of the State have been triumphant in the Supreme Coutt of the United States. Land litigation and champerty, land jobbers and land lawyers, aie all quietly entombed by the j decision of the Supreme Court, in tho case of the limitation laws. The Ken. tucky farmer ni3y now repose at night after the labors of the day, without hav. inn- his slumbers broken bv anxious re. , fi-ctions upon Ejectments Entries. surveys uic testimony o! witnesses, and the contrivances of lawyers. Tho old settlers of the country watched out their day, in guaiding against the Indians. Those who immediately followed them, had much more hopeless business, in contending with the land jobbing law. i j ers. The present generation may now -give up the title of "occupying cazcu ants" and hold the bnd as their own. Mr C. A. WickitfFe deserves the gratitude of his countrymen, for theablo and successful defence he made for th laws of his State, on the late occasion The people will delight to honour hiru the mere, as he was actuated by no mercenary motive, but stepped forth at tho voluntary advocate of tha rights of ths State. ll'us hing ten Glebe. They alone are independent of fortune who have made themselves & separate ev Ht-jnos fjrcia lbs wuild.