Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 24, Number 43, Vincennes, Knox County, 23 November 1833 — Page 1
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yiBJOBKTBgES, &&.) SATURDAY, SXTOVS&2BSR 23, 2833.
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UH I cry tmn" lo anu fester in the prost ra
re ..u:iw,i n c . r rt, ted condition, wmch thev then were in, . PuM,cd . at S f fen s' for. .d2i would work no injury to tho future de-
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the payment of 2 at the time of subscri- " ' r . .' , . . - v ; ranees in value, during-a tune of general
tin.
Payment in advance being the mutual Interest of both parties, that mode is solicited. A failure to notify a wish to discontinue at the expiration of the timesubscril:d ibr will be considered a new emrairement; and no subscriber at liberty to discontinue, until all arrearages are paid. Subscribers must pay the postage on their pa pcra when sent by mail. Letters by mail jto the Editor on business mast fee paid, or they will not heattende-! to. Product, will bo received at tho cash market price, for subscriptions, if delivered within the year. Advertisements not exceeding one . aqua re, will be inserted three times for one dollar, and twenty five cents fur each after insertion linger ones in the same
proportion. OCT"1 ersons sending adver
confusion; and an honest man is not the
less disposed to pay a debt, because a Gripus of a creditor derides his misfortune, or vilifies his name. Delay therefore on the part of the Bank, in instituting proceedings for a year or two, may thus be accounted fr. The agents and managers of the Bank well knew that when real estate was broY to the hammer by execution, that the institution had no competition to dread on th'i day cf sale. There was no money in tin? country, and consequently there would be no rival bidders. The only obstacl in the way to getting the property at its own prices, was the valuation law. it must bring two thirds of its appraised value. What course would most likely bring the people to reduce the general price set upon real estate; or tiv what means juries
could be brought to adopt the standard of
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Executive Dep t. Oct. IS, ii33.
.. ' . 1 - . ., tr:; IS ink, was now about its onlv enquiry, times they wish them inserted, or they wiit iV ,, , ' ,
be continued until ordered out, aud mu ,fec paid for accordingly.
LIST OF AGESHTS. John Murphy, Washington, hid. John Vantrees, do do. John Arbuthnot, Princeton, lad. John I. Neely, do. Thorn is Cissell, Mount Pleasant, Ind. Post-Master, Owl Prairij, Ind. Post-Master, Blooinfudd, Ind. Post-Master, Sandersviile, Ind. Post-Master, Owens.viiic, lid. Post-Master, Stinkard's Mills, Ind. Jesse Y. Wilborn, Mount Vernon, Ind. Levi Price, Evansville, Ind. John W. Davis, Carlisle, lad. Isaac Ong, Merom, Ind. Post-Master, Turman's Creek, Ind. John C. Reiley, Lawrenceville, 111. Post-Master, Palestine, 111. Post-Master, Boonville, Ind. Post -Master, Rockport, Lid.
I " " vi v naii;i; i ii in ill auuu uv;-
lr.vveon the civil ministerial ollicers and tkc
agents of that institution; but certain it is, as the records of our Courts will show, thai in a great many instances, two, three, and even four juries have sat to assess the value on property in this country tin-
ting Rcpubiicau and Patriot; we hope his claims may not be overlooked. We think
the best interests of the country will be To the Auditor and
promoted by his elevation to one or the i Treasurer of the State. other of these offices, as the voice of the j Gextlemks I perce ive by a memoripeople may designate. He is a natirc a addressed to me bv the citizens of ChiKentuckian,and he is also a native Vir ; cago, Cook county, and from other inforllinian. He was born on the banks of the i mation, that a discussi n of the propriety Ohio, near Louisville, while this state! of a call of an nfm nsoim r.t' .roup.
was at that time a county of Virginia.
Ky. Sentinel. From the Frankfort Armi. THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.
The subject of the next Presidency
is
ral asssembly of this state, has commenced amongst the penp'.e, and in order that they shall have a complete view of the fiscal concerns of the tatc, which I deem essential in tiie above discussion, I reject-
fully solicit you both to report to me, cith-
beginning to excite deep interest through-! er jointly or severally, the condition of the
out the Union.
It is feared by many that the election
finances of the state, shewing the amount
of debts which the state now owes, and
will be again thrown into Congress, and j the amount of money no:c in the treasury, the people thus deprived of their choice., and which will probablv be in, on tho first
J-ROM THE CINCINNATI REPUBLICAN.
USITED STATES BASK. NO III. It will be borne in mind by my readers, lhat the United States' Bank, in the course of six years, possessed itself of real estate, previously the property of our citizens, estimated to be worth upwards of three rnillions of dollars; that in but a few solitary iustanccsof exception, the intermediate agents in effecting these transfers, wer the ministers of the lawt If in the course of these transactions, one solitary mitigating circumstance can be produced in defence of the arbitrary and coercive cruelties of the Bank, I shall be glad to allow it; but I fancy there is not one. It will be remembered, that owing to the cunning artifices, and overwhelming power of the United States' Bank, or owing to whatever other cause, I care not; the State institutions, had all been prostrated prior to the year 1800, so that their
paper no longer formed a medium ot or culation; the United States' B ink had drnwn upon them for specie, and upon the citizens, until almost every dollar was concentrated wiihin its vaults Indeed, so thorough had been the drain, that I have he srd it remarked, as illustrative of tlu period shortly subsequent to the closing of that institution in this city, that our most wealthy citizens found it diiiieu't at many times to obtain a quarter of a dollar to pay the postage on u letter 1 1 While the tax pavers were almost universal iy sub
jected to great inconvenience in procure.!;; j ei .as, to load tho people t j a sober enquiry
the means ot discharging their obligations to tho public. In lieu of currency, (the representatives of property and laaur.) the necessities of tho people substitute 1 -ae almost universal system of barter. The chronicles of the west, during the period of liyJO, '01, M2, and are rich in curiyus and ludicrous anecdotes, illustrative f ihe state of the times. Skins and peltries formed the most portable and convenient medium, and I have more thm once been present, when persons have erne into a store, purchased an article, threw down a Coon skin in payment, and theji filled their pockets with Rabbit skins in change.
drr execution, where the United States' 13 uk was the plaintiff in the action; i-hcrc crery jury reduced the assessment of tiuir predecessors ! But in many instances, there were duwrv rights remaininjx, v. Inch the law could not reach, and as
it it 'as not enough that the unfortunate) debtor was stript of every inch of his possessions, and for a consideration not perhaps, equal to one third of its value; his wife too, the companion of his affections, must surrender that which the law has withheld from the fanes of merciless extc rtion. The husband, although bereft of even vestige of his property, is not yet free Lorn the icy grip of the destroyer; while any thing remains which ingenuity
c ui wing from its hapless possessor; from the Batik, as from tho er.ive, proceeds the voracious civ ofuMOUE;' and the wife's pittance is surrendered up as the last payment for the ransom of the victim. Here it might be hoped lor the honor of
our country and its institutions, that we could stop. But no; the Bank, as if determined to leave no page of its history not blackened by foulness and iniouity, has carried its cunning cruelties to a point even beyond this, instances have occurred w here the B ink has pursued its unfortunate debtors for vcars, until at length exhausted by its harrassing persecutions, they have surrendered up their whole possessions, dowry rights and all, of nearly twice the value of their whole liabilities to the Bank, including endorsements; on condition that it would grant them an entire release. The Bank, not satisfied with property, which it has since sold, for nearly double the amount of its whole debts, costs and interests; has re-
Ciivcd the denls of conveyance inAvW nominal consideration, pkeskrving si'rdi-l
ALLY TIIK RIGHT OF PROCEEDING AGAINST Till" CO OHLIOORS UPON TIIE SA3IE LIABILITY I! Th.s charge is not made upon bare rumor or anonymous statement. If the managers of the Bank deny any part cf it, the writer of tint -.;ands pledged to prove all of his assertions. This is but an isolated case selected at random, SKln the volumes of abuses perpetrated by tfiatfui institution. In mv next, I shall pursue diis bianch of the subject, and 1 hope hy
addacing other instances equally flagi-
Others apprehend that the conventions,
which will be called to select suitable persons as candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, w ill disregard the voice of the people, and be controlled, in their selection, by intrigue and management. No patriot will deny the importance or the difficulty of the subject. The Richmond Enquirer, that distinguished print, has recommended an amendment to the constitution, by which the people would have the invaluable, and we might say, unalienable right, to vote directly for the persons of their choice an President and VTice President, instead of bavin" to
make the eleeiion through Uie medium of I
electors, or of Congress, by which operation the country may be greatly convulsed, and its liberties, at some future day be jeopardized. This amendment, as proposed by the Enquirer, would preserve the relative power of the States; would avoid the evils afisiug from an election by Congress and supersede the necessity, in most cases of v convention. But as vain efforts have been made to amend the Constitution of the United States in this particular, the subject, for the present, will be considered in relation to a National Convention. We take it for granted that no very substantial objection can be made, in this crisis of our country, to this mode of selection or nomination of candidates for those hih ofiices; but the fear is that the voice of the people 11 11a. .
may be disregarded bytne convention. Eve-i-y friend of liberty and fk?c jiovcrnment, would deprecate amd lament this evil. Iti favor of Andrew Jackson the popular voice was so loud, and powerful, and unanimous in the democratic Jackson convention, that there was no danger of
this evil.
of January next.
I would also request the treasurer, as cashier of the principal bank, to report the condition, as far as it has come to his knowledge, of the said principal bank, and all the branches of the state bank. Your oh t serv't, JOHN REYNOLDS, Gov. of 111.
ment of the concerns of the bank havo bern retarded by the alienee of some im
portant papeis relating to the branch at
nawn etown, whi' h are now believed to bo in this office. The work which had th.u I een su-ponded, will shortly Le resumed. From ihe examination alreadymade, the following results are believed to be correct, as the accounts stood on the 3d Dec. !s:jj. It is proper to remark, that upon further examination, and upon closing the whole work, there may be some deference in the amounts of the items here particularized it is expected bowever, that these differences will be iucoasidcrable. State of the Principal Bank, as a
Loan oihee, Dec. J, lSi. To capital retained, By banking house, (cost) Notes in attorneys hands for collection, Balance due by former cashiers
Real estate unsold. Amount received bv present
treasurer, before Dec. 39 139 57
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, Vandalia, Nov. 1, 1M:.
To His Excellency, John Reynolds, Governor of Illinois: Sin In answer to ycursof the 11th of October calling on the Auditor and Treasurer to Weuort the condition of tho finances of the State, showing the amount of debts which the State now owes, and the amount of money in the treasury, and which will probably be in on the 1st of January next;'' I hcrc.rilh submit the following statement, viz: The amount owing bv the state to the school and seminary fund, including interest on the same to 1st of
January, 131, is Tfje amount of loan made of S. Wiggins, is Interest on the same to 1st of January, lblll, The amount of outstanding State Paper stock, is The amount of indebtedness of the Slate to the Wabash fund, The amount of outstanding Warrants on the treasury this day. The amount required for the current expenses of tho
3.VI0 00 6,305 02 7,S1K5 S3 US S3
Loss 0t Add probable lo in. collection of debts due, 9,.' 00 00
Total loss, 17,731 Branch at Edwardsville.
0t
To amount of capital.
By amount of cash returned, By notes in attorney's hands for collection, Bv bonds for real estate. By roal estate unsold, By balance claimed to be duo
from T. W. Smith,
st,rit; sg G7,tS5 DS OO r . i vr 10b' 07 tSUi 01
iuo,ajo oo
o,000 00
11,5:21 53
10,1325 73
007 05
I
Deduct probable loss in col lection,
appropriations, will be
bout 3,700 00 The amount of redemption money in the treasury this day 335 71
in' Mo p Jiicy ot iasteiimg sucn a vampire upun their vitals. BRUTUS. Till: f i-iDENOY. We have sueu i.e Virginia Republican
pn.ite 1 at Martiusi.uriih, a., which has at the lu-ad ot its Editorial column, the
n a'iies of Mj i tin Van Buren for President,
and Ri hara M. Jehnou Vice President
1 he Loiter it stems had determined to
abstain troni the expression of an opinion
so early but circumstances, the couui
tionof the country, changed his views.
This is precisely the course which should j people to make their voices be heard in all
l e pursued by the whole press of the such elections. It is the duty cf the
country; the people have the right fol
know the views ot th
placed on the watch tower
ties'. Then let the press come out! Let it come out early, and fearlessly express its opinions on this all important subject. Let us have this indication of public sen
timent. Let the people of each state fol
low on by publicly expressing their
choice in their primary assembly's, &c.
quarter ending the 31st of
It can scarcely be hoped that December next, including
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this will be the case with his successor. ,Iie amount Oue to sundry
We know that this state would go for our fellow citizen Col. Richard M. Johnou; New York for her distinguished citizen, 3Lirtin Van Buren, und Viriaia would probably divide upon some three or four of her distinguished citizens, and thus divide ami conquer herself: But we are more or less in the dark as to the views
and wishes of the other states, or most of
them, and yet they have equal claims to
be neard. aud it is desirable that thov
should be heard. !
There h but one mode left under our present constitution to remedy the evils of misrepresenting the voice of the people in a convention, and that is for each state in the Union to express its choice of candidates. This may be done as the people of rach state may prefer. Either by their legislatures or by the people expressly for that object. We emphatically ask if any candidate can object to this course? Is it not fair and honorable? Should the result prove one candidate Ui be stronger than any other tor the Presidency the task of the convention would be easy. So, also, w ith respect to the Vice Presidency. If, on the contrary, the result should prove, that no one man stands far before his fellows then all will see, that it will be the duty ot. tho convention, to settle this doubtful
2,1-23 VX 1'3,I1; U ,500 4J3
2,o.;o go
Gain of branch
Buancii at Palmyra.
To amount of capital, 47,J!5 !r2 By amount of cat-h rctcrned, ll,Nr0 J5 By notes in attorney's hands, 3.:.S7 1(5 By amount due from former
cafhiers
671 U
From the the above ;im deduct the amount of mn-
j ey in the treasury on this
day Leaving a balance against ihe State on the 1st of January, lb31,of
$221,701 02
Add probable loss in collection,
10,1 IN 18 1,U7 si 1,500 00
Total loss, 2,010 81 Branch at Brownsville.
This was the case throughout the whole
western country. Lvcrv movement in trade, every current operation, every negotiation connected in any manner with money, or when money was the basis, was suspended with a violent an-T convulsive surg, and every nerve of the community sh ok and trembled Irom the effects of Uie shock. I it to be supposed that the managers of the United States' Bank, whose 'business it was to understand the nature of credit were unaware ot the time which vould be necessary to repair this injury done to the credit of the west? The best of our merchants found it difficult to pur
chase merchandise in the eastern cities;
much mere
found it to borrow money. The Bank
knew well that about 18 months were re-
3,070 00
$221,031 03
The following arc the sums owing to the State, viz: From Sheriffs, whih is not required to be paid into the state treasury until tho 1st of Mar'h next, Irom clerks of the county commissioners' courts, w hich is not required to bo paid until the 1st of April next,
To amount of capital, By cash returned, By notes in attorney's hands,
By. real estate unsold, By do. sold in notes By amount due from cashiers,
1-31 00 2S,b'.) 13 7,171 iO 2,05 16 l,lv2 H
'A) 10
Loss, Add pooable loss in collection.
40,17 ? 1 7 $,351 3,000 00
Total loss, 11,251 b3 R ec a fi rr l ation. Principal Bank, (Loss) 17,7S7 03 Branch at Palmyra u 2,010 si " Brownsville" 11,351 r?3
$12,200 00
13,252 00
Total, $32,152 00 The late Revenue Law requires that all taxes shall be paid in the counties af-
question, and, when thus settled, all true Iter the 1st day of September, and the ii t.iit i 111 i -..i
men will acquiesce. Let all the demo
cratic republican friends then unite, and urge the people of each State, separately, to express their prcferenco for the man they desire should be the successor of General Jackson. It is the duty of the
UUH; tllVJ II 'til lJ Ik.' icsewhom theyiCt ower of their Lwer-
w hich w ill satisfy all as to tho man who
is to succeed 'Jen. Jackson. Many w ill be compelled from self respect, to follow the Editor of the Virginia Republican.
In a free country the press cannot aud
ou-iht not to be silent: the vtoolc will ex-
difucult would they have pectand require them to speak out. It is
time when If man is necessary and the
best method to insure union ia the great
quired from t'e time when legal proceed-, Republican family.
ings were instituted until real estate was From this indication we are happv to
brought to the hammer by execution; and discover that Col. Johnson has advocates
the present aspect of affairs indicated no immediate necessity for the commence-
Besides, to leave ev-
tnent ci epcratiuus
in even part of the Union, for the Office
ot President and ice President and
know ing as we do the bteru and uudcvu
states to speak loudly to each other, and,
kw hen they have responded, to settle the
question, in good taithand with cordiali
ty. In this way all cavellings,and objections to a convention will subside. This will disarm our enemies of the cry of favouritism and that the convention will be a picked jury. And what is still more desirable, it will satisfy the fears of many of our own friends, and induce them to yield their own preferences for the good of the democratic republican cause. Honesty is the best policy. Our cause is good aud w o have jiothiiig to fear by fair Perfections ok a Barder. To have a clean and comfortable shop; prime ra
zors; clean fingers; a good breath; a light and expert hand; a quiet tongue; a lied eye; a closed car; easy chairs; nice towels; pure water and basins; sound mirrors; soap not stone; serviceable brushes; choice perfumery; the best newspaper; and respectable customers H
clerks are not required to pay into th;.
state treasury until ti.-i 1st of Auril. Consequently it cannot bo expected that any money will bo received into the treasury by the 1st of January next, unless it should be from the sale of Seminary or Saline lands, which will in all probability amount to a small sum. lam sir, very respectfully, JAMES T. B. S'TAPP, Auditor of Public Account.
Deduct gain at Edwardsville branch,
x , i o i .5 2,000 00
Treasurer's Oi ficf, Vandalia, Nov. 1st 133. To His Exc'y. Gov. Reynolds: Sir In answer to your call of the ISth
October, for the amount of money in the Treasury, I have the honor herewith to submit the following statement: The amount of money in the Treasury on this day, is $3,070 00 Of the above sum, $335 71 belong to the redemption fund, and is in the treasury to the credit of individuals who purchased land at the tax sale, and w hich have teen redeemed. Also $200 50 in state bank paper; making altogether the sum of $035 21 w hich cannot bo used for the current expenses of the state, and which will leave in the treasury this day available funds amounting to $2135 78. As cashier ex officio of the principal
! bank, 1 would iutorm you, that the adjust
Total loss :i,7NV 73 The above is ail ihe information hich can now be iven, and which is respectfully submitted. JOHN DEMENT. From the Vandalia Whig. Messrs Editors: W wish through the laeiti-.im f your piper to -itll attention to a mi' jet in whi h nany citizens, whose interest we are assured you wi-h to subserve, are equally interested w i:h ourselves. We allude to our ju-r chums for losses sustained in ihe late I a Jinn campaigns. The law on that subject, ilh Ii3 interpretation w hich has been gi. en it,fa!ls fur slurtof answering '.he reasonable expectations of the community , even if it be such as to carry into tiled the int".:iouj. of congress, we may safely s iy, that not one case in five, where the loss was real, relief deserved and justly due, is included in the scope of its operation. Our
representatives, we presume, will have an eye to this subject, and endeavor to bring it before Congress at an early period in the session : we have confidence in their ability and expect much from them; yet it would doubtless be agreeable to iliem, to be able to consult with someone of their fellow citizens, of known character and ability, when the proper time came to act; and to us certainly and to a majority of tho late voluuteers in this part ot the state, whose sentiments we know, it would be highly gratifying, that our present chief magistrate, cnuld tie make it convenient, should be at Washington during a portion of the session to udviso w ith them in relation to the ocst im-uns .f securing de served relief. Governor 11., we thiuK le-